FALCON USER’S GUIDE SPACECRAFT PROCESSING SpaceX provides an ISO Class 8 (Class 100,000) PPF for processing customer spacecraft, including equipment unloading, unpacking/packing, final assembly, nonhazardous flight preparations, and payload checkout. The payload processing facility is available to customers from four weeks prior to launch, with 16 hours per day standard availability and access during that period. Additional time in the payload processing facility may be available as a nonstandard service. The PPF layouts for VAFB and CCAFS are shown in Figure 8-2, Figure 8-3, and Figure 8-4 respectively. Figure 8-2: VAFB payload processing facility and integration hangar layout Figure 8-3: CCAFS PPF East Bay floor plan © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. All rights reserved. 53