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Spaceport America

AECOM Operational Facts & Figures - Spaceport America

10,000-foot long, 200-foot wide runway and associated taxiways

4,000-foot long initial tenant development area

Four water wells to serve the initial development

Water distribution system including storage tank and booster pump station

Wastewater collection system and wastewater treatment plant

Fuel storage facility

Electrical power distribution system including a new substation and five miles of underground cabling

Fiber optics and wireless communications infrastructure

Vertical launch area serving suborbital launch activities

Seven miles of internal all-weather campus roads

Spaceport America Terminal & Hangar Facility

Facts and Figures

Western zone of the Terminal & Hanger Facility
Houses support and administrative facilities for Virgin Galactic and the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.

Central zone of the Terminal & Hanger Facility
Operational heart of the facility containing the double-height hangar to store WhiteKnightTwo & SpaceShipTwo

Eastern zone of the Terminal & Hanger Facility
Principal operational training area, departure lounge, spacesuit dressing rooms, and celebration areas. The restaurant and mission control room have direct east views across the apron, runway and landscape beyond.

Site Area: 670,000 sq. ft. including apron
Terminal Hangar Facility Gross Area: 110,152 sq. ft.

Net Area:

Western Zone: 25,597 sq.ft.

Hangar: 47,000 sq. ft.

Public Viewing Gallery: 4,000 sq. ft.

Eastern Zone: 29,419 sq. ft.
Viewing Balcony: 1,712 sq. ft.

Number of floors: 3
Highest point: 60 feet

Sustainability - Designed to achieve LEED Gold

• Earth Tubes under the earth berm to cool the building
• Solar thermal panels
• Underfloor radiant cooling and heating
• Natural ventilation in mid season

Scheduled construction completion date: End of 2010 or early 2011