Cape
Canaveral - Building AF Space Shuttle SRB
Refurbish Facility
 On the
grounds of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
lies the facility where the Space Shuttle Solid
Rocket Boosters are brought after retrieval from
the ocean after jettison on each shuttle launch.
The complex performs the cleanup and
refurbishment of the SRB for shipment back to
Thiokol in Utah so that the booster can be
"reloaded" and prepared for a future
shuttle mission. The frustum and avionics
sections are prepared at the Cape for mating to
the boosters. Below are pictures of Building AF
at the CCAFS including retrieved booster
components from a prior mission.
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version
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Building
AF at the Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station. Photo taken on October 24, 2007. |
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View
of the frustrum section of the Solid
Rocket Booster (SRB) and the section
containing the avionics including the
separation and recovery avionics and the
operational flight instrumentation. |
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Close-up
view of the forward frustrum section of
the booster. Notice the exhaust marks
where the separation motors ignited to
push the boosters away from the shuttle. |
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A
frustrum and aft skirt section wait
shipment and a short trip to the VAB for
assembly with the additional segments of
the booster. |
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In
the canal just outside of the Vehicle
Assembly Building a barge used to ship
the Space Shuttle External Fuel Tank is
docked. |
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