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Transitioning to the World's Premier Spaceport Transitioning to the World’s Premier Spaceport David Thorpe – Kennedy Space Center, Associate Master Planner Shaunna Bailey – 45th Space Wing, Chief of Plans Steve Szabo – Space Florida, Spaceport Development Program Manager 1 KSC Center Planning & Development (CPD) ♦ CPD is KSC’s “Front Door” ♦ CPD engages new business by focusing on: ▪ Master plan for KSC infrastructure, land use, and real estate strategies ▪ Establishment of KSC’s commercial and other partnerships ♦ CPD hands agreement to KSC’s Spaceport Integration (SI) to implement ▪ SI integrates operations across all spaceport partners to ensure safety and reduce operational impacts 2 Kennedy Space Center (KSC) & Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) ♦ Established 1962 ♦ ~ 140,000 acres ♦ Assessed value ~ $5.6B KSC & CCAFS Secured Area ♦ Land managed by Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR) ♦ Federal partners: ▪ MINWR ▪ Canaveral National Seashore (CNS) ▪ US Air Force ▪ US Navy Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) / For NASA Internal Use Only 3 Kennedy Space Center Land NASA Space Center Size Comparison KSC Land Distribution 160,000 Developed Land - Fish & Wildlife, Land - KSC National Park Service 120,000 Undeveloped 5% Land - KSC 24% 80,000 31% Acres 17% 40,000 22% Water - Fish & Wildlife, 0 National Park Service Water - KSC NASA Centers Total Acres Land Water (Acres) (Acres) All KSC Land 140,000 85,000 55,000 Refuge (US Fish & Wildlife, 58,000 34,000 24,000 National Park Service KSC Undeveloped (US Fish & 74,500 43,500 31,000 Wildlife KSC Developed (NASA) 7,500 7,500 - 4 KSC’s Transition From Shuttle 5 Visioning Process “To evolve from a monolithic NASA program field installation to a multi-user spaceport on federal property that supports both government and commercial operations” 6 KSC 20-Year Master Plan Core Strategies http://masterplan.ksc.nasa.gov/ 7 Supporting NASA Missions and Programs 8 Going Leaner and Greener 9 KSC Center-wide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) ♦ Purpose: To Facilitate KSC’s 20-year transformation from a government and program-focused, single-user launch complex to a more capability-centric and cost-effective multi-user spaceport. ♦ Need: To update KSC’s Center Master Plan in a manner that supports achievement of NASA’s programmatic mission objectives, while also maximizing the provision of excess capabilities and assets in support of non- NASA access to space. ♦ Public Scoping – June 2014 ♦ Assessed impacts of future land use changes 10 PEIS Alternative 1 ♦ Developed after public scoping in 2014 ♦ 2 new seaport land uses removed ♦ Similar to Proposed Action, but differences in siting and size of launch & landing facilities ♦ Adopted as KSC’s FLUM in March 2017 11 Divesting Without Diminishing 12 CurrentKSC Partnership KSC Construction Overview Activity PardonCurrent our dust Construction … KSC underActivity construction 12/10/2013 13 Enhancing the Multi-User Spaceport 14 Central Campus Strategy Consolidation 15 Central Campus Strategy Consolidation 16 Operating Model Evolution 17 Master Planning Forward Work ♦ Center Planning Partnering History ▪ Phase 1: Dedicated Assets (39A, OPF3) ▪ Phase 2: Shared Assets (SLF, VAB) ▪ Phase 3: Land Use ♦ KSC Notice of Availability (NOA) ▪ Vertical Launch ▪ Vertical Landing ▪ Launch Ops and Support ▪ Assembly, Test and Processing ▪ Research and Development ▪ Renewable Energy ♦ Assessment Criteria ▪ Compatibility ▪ Capability ▪ Siting 12/10/2013 18 45th Space Wing Our Mission Mission One Team…Delivering Assured Space Launch, Range and Combat Capabilities for the Nation Vision The World’s Premier Gateway to Space Mission Areas • Eastern Range Operations • Launch Operations and Support • Expeditionary and Contingency Readiness • Base and People support Breaking Barriers from the Beginning 45th SPACE WING MISSION PARTNERS ▪ Operations ▪ Launch ▪ ▪ Medical ▪ Mission Support AFTAC ▪ NOTU ▪ DEOMI ▪ 920 RQW ▪ US ARMY ▪ Space Florida ▪ NASA ▪ FAA ▪ DoS ▪ Others GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED UNITS ▪ 15,500 Personnel ▪ 4,000 Military ▪ We support 54 units (from several ▪ 2,500 Civilian commands) geographically dispersed ▪ 3,000 Contractors throughout Florida, the US, and several ▪ 6,000 Dependents foreign countries ▪ Economic Impact = $1.02 Billion ▪ Retirees supported within 100 mile radius: 125,000 Air Force Role on Eastern Range ▪ Assured access to space is our prime directive ▪ Ensure public safety ▪ Operate and maintain the Eastern Range ▪ 15 million square miles along the eastern seaboard ▪ Radar, telemetry, communications, command destruct, optics, airspace, etc. ▪ Manage CCAFS real property for use by DoD and commercial customers Land ▪ Team “Patrick/Cape” consist of two major geographic areas and small footprint at Ascension Island ▪ 165 miles of roadways ▪ 144 paved; 21 unpaved ▪ 23,000 acres CCAFS ▪ Ascension = 3,856 acres ▪ 3,426 facilities ▪ 7,856,615 sq ft ▪ 800 acres of wetlands ▪ 5% of the State’s population of sea turtles on CCAFS PAFB ▪ Unique location ▪ Provides pro-grade orbit ▪ Only location to efficiently support launch of GPS & access Geosynchronous Orbits Air ▪ 45 SW maintains three airfields ▪ CCAFS “Skidstrip” supports satellite delivery and special training exercises ▪ Patrick AFB runway support the 920th Rescue Wing (C- 130s/HH-60s) along with DoS special aircraft ▪ Ascension Auxiliary Airfield supports USAF and RAF aircraft transiting downrange CCAFS Port ▪ The 45 SW receives ULA launch vehicle boosters via the Delta Mariner ▪ The US Navy supports submarine missile testing ▪ Military Sealift Command and Surface Deployment and Distribution Command support trans-Atlantic cargo movements Space Commercial Space Support at CCAFS ▪ 45 SW has currently leased/licensed 88 CCAFS facilities with over 800,000 square feet to commercial users ▪ Over $890M in value ▪ CCAFS launch pads currently under commercial lease/license ▪ Complexes 17/18 (Moon Express) ▪ Complex 36 (Blue Origin) ▪ Complexes 37 & 41 (ULA) ▪ Complexes 40 & 13 (SpaceX) ▪ Complex 46 (Space Florida) Launch Complex 17/18 – Moon Express Facility Size: ~72 Acres Location: East CCAFS Vehicle: Moon Test Vehicle; Moon Express Flight Vehicle Mission: Perform hover and landing tests for lunar flight vehicles History: Former AF Delta II pad. Final mission was 10 Sep 11. 2016 – Moon Express reached agreement with AF to license CX 17/18 Launch Complex 37 - ULA Acres: ~157 Acres Location: North CCAFS Vehicle: Delta IV/Delta IV Heavy Missions: NSS, NASA History: Supported the Saturn Program & unmanned Apollo mission. 1973 – deactivated/returned by NASA to AF. 1998 – Work for new EELV began 21 Nov 02 – First launch of Delta IV (medium) 21 Dec 04 – First launch of Delta IV (Heavy) Launch Complex 41 - ULA Acres: ~66 Acres Location: North CCAFS Vehicle: Atlas V Missions: Commercial, NSS, NASA History: Former AF Titan Launch Complex. 1998 – Work for New EELV began 9 Apr 1999 – Last Titan IVB launch 21 Aug 01 – First Atlas V launch Launch Complex 40 & 13- SpaceX Acres: ~214 Acres Location: North CCAFS/East CCAFS Vehicle: Falcon 9 Missions: Comm’l; NSS payload; NASA – CRS History: Former AF Titan launch complex. 2007 – Accepted as a Eastern Range launch customer 2008 – Launch complex was modified for the SpaceX Falcon 9 program. 4 June 2010 – First Falcon 9 launch, a test of the booster 21 Dec 2015 – First flyback of a booster to CX-13 Launch Complex 36 & 11 – Blue Origin Acres: ~46 Acres Location: East CCAFS Vehicle: New Glenn Missions: Space Tourism; Comm’l History: Former AF Atlas Launch Area. 11 Aug 08 – Launch complex leased to Space Florida 15 Sep 15 – Jeff Bezos announced new home will be at Complex 36. Launch Complex 46 - Space Florida/NOTU Facility Size: ~80 Acres Location: East CCAFS Vehicles: Minotaur IV, Abort Test Booster Missions: NSS, NASA, Comm’l, Navy History: 1984 – Complex 46 constructed to support Navy Trident Missile Program 1984-1989 – Trident Missile Test 1997 – Complex 46 becomes joint use pad with Space Florida 1998 – First commercial launch from Complex 46 – Lockheed Martin Athena II Cape Canaveral AFS ONLY THREE VIABLE LAUNCH LOCATIONS Why is it important to our future to deliver “Assured Space Launch, Range and Combat Capabilities for the Nation”? “The United States is very dependent upon space and our adversaries know it. We have to anticipate in any future conflict that space will be contested.” -Honorable Heather A. Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force “Having worked commercial launch matters multiple times in my career, I have a good appreciation of how dynamic the industry is becoming and the need to evolve how we interact with them to meet our common goals." -General John Raymond, AFSPC Commander The future is coming at us fast … and we are doing what we can to shape it and be ready for it. We Are Go! Public Corporation & Independent Special District Spaceport Authority Economic Development Agency Develop Statewide Creative Funding Conduit Lease Infrastructure planning Tools Financing Build, Own, Lease, Industry Bond & Operate SLC-46 Exploration Park Shuttle Landing Facility Other LZ-1 SLC-40 SpaceX SpaceX Falcon 9 SLC-41 Falcon 9 Booster ULA (2017) Atlas V SLC-37 SLC-36 ULA Blue Origin Delta IV New Glenn (2019) LC-39A LC-39 SpaceX NASA Falcon 9 SLC-46 SLS & Heavy Space Florida (2019) Multi-use Cape Canaveral Spaceport Kennedy Space Cape Center + = Canaveral Spaceport Cape Canaveral AFS Specialized Transportation High Value, Low Volume, High Risk Cargo Passengers COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION MODE AIR SEA SPACE RAIL Operational Locations Airports Seaports Spaceports Train Stations Commercial Operators
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