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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A horizontal integration facility (HIF) is an integration facility where missiles and rockets are assembled before launch.
HIF in the United States
| Site | Pad | Vehicle | Coordinates | Description | Images | Ref. |
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| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-37 | Delta IV | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | A seven-story white building containing 2 bays measuring Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert". each. Construction was completed in June 2000. Its floors are said to be the most level in the United States, varying less than 0.38 in (9.6 mm) across each bay. The first and second stages of the rocket, along with any boosters that are being used for that flight, are integrated in the HIF, and then the stack is moved to the pad and raised to vertical. The payload and fairing are assembled later. | File:Two Boeing Delta IV first stages on the Launch Complex 37, Cap Canaveral Air Force Station, August 2004.jpg | [1][2] |
| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-40 | Falcon 9 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | SpaceX built its first Falcon 9 HIF on the south side of the pad. It measures Script error: No such module "convert". long by Script error: No such module "convert". wide and stands about Script error: No such module "convert". tall. A former payload integration facility is directly adjacent to the HIF. The HIF was extended to a length of at least 72 metres to accommodate the longer versions of the Falcon 9. | File:Falcon 9 in SLC-40 hangar before roll-out - CRS-2 (KSC-2013-1676).jpg | [3][4] |
| Kennedy Space Center | LC-39A | Falcon 9 / Falcon Heavy | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | SpaceX built its second HIF on the Crawlerway leading to the Launch Complex 39A just outside of its perimeter. It can accommodate both Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. It is able to support 5 boosters side by side. Inside the HIF the Falcon 9 / Falcon Heavy rockets are assembled and the payload, encapsulated in the fairing is connected to the rocket. | File:SpaceX HIF at KSC LC-39A (27550168066).jpg | |
| Kwajalein Atoll | Omelek Island | Falcon 1 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | A HIF has been built by SpaceX. | Exterior Interior | [5] |
| Vandenberg Air Force Base | SLC-6 | Delta IV | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | A "cavernous"[6] HIF exists. The HIF contains two bays that can accommodate the Delta IV and Delta IV Heavy. | Exterior | [6] |
| Wallops Flight Facility | Antares | Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[7] | HIF built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. The HIF is Script error: No such module "convert". long by Script error: No such module "convert". wide by Script error: No such module "convert". tall.[8] It opened in 2011. | File:Antares A-ONE rollout 01.jpg | [9] |
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HIF elsewhere
Most Russian, Ukrainian and former Soviet launchers are integrated horizontally, including Dnepr, Proton, Rockot, Shtil' and Soyuz. The Electron launch vehicle is also integrated horizontally and European Ariane 6 also uses HIF to integrate its rocket stack.
References
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- ↑ Heavy-lifting Delta 4 rocket to take test flight, Spaceflight Now, Justin Ray, 2003-11-19.
- ↑ Complex 37, GlobalSecurity.org, John Pike, 2005-01-06.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Space Launch Report: SpaceX Falcon Data Sheet, Ed Kyle, 2008-12-02.
- ↑ Falcon 1 Users Guide (Revision 7) Script error: No such module "webarchive"., SpaceX, 2008-05-15, page 35.
- ↑ a b Launch Facility Profile: Vandenberg Air Force Base Script error: No such module "webarchive"., The Aerospace Corporation, 2006-02-17.
- ↑ Taurus II Development News, NASASpaceFlight.com Forums, Reply #7, Antonioe, 2009-01-09.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Development Status of a Medium-Class Launch Vehicle for ISS Cargo and Satellite Delivery Script error: No such module "webarchive"., David Steffy, Orbital Sciences Corporation, 2008-07-15, page 9.
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