Space Systems Processing Facility
| Space Systems Processing Facility | |
|---|---|
Interior of the SSPF, showing Node 2 being hoisted by overhead cranes | |
| Built | 1992 |
| Location | Kennedy Space Center |
| Coordinates | 28°31′26″N 80°38′39″W / 28.523844°N 80.6442833°W |
| Industry | Aerospace and Space Technology |
| Products | Spacecraft and space systems equipment |
| Employees | 700+ |
| Architect | KSC Management |
| Buildings | 1 |
| Area | 42,500 m2 (457,000 sq ft) |
| Volume | 111,888 m3 (3,951,300 cu ft) (high bay) 13,905 m3 (491,100 cu ft) (Intermediate bay) |
| Address | NASA Parkway East |
| Owner(s) | NASA |
The Space Systems Processing Facility (SSPF), originally the Space Station Processing Facility, is a three-story industrial building at Kennedy Space Center for the manufacture and processing of flight hardware, modules, structural components and solar arrays of the International Space Station, and future space stations and commercial spacecraft. It was built in 1992 at the space complex's industrial area, just east of the Operations and Checkout Building.
The SSPF includes two processing bays, an airlock, operational control rooms, laboratories, logistics areas for equipment and machines, office space, a ballroom and conference halls, and a cafeteria. The processing areas, airlock, and laboratories are designed to support non-hazardous Space Station and Space Shuttle payloads in 100,000 class clean work areas. The building has a total floor area of 42,500 m2 (457,000 sq ft).