Kodiak Launch Complex

I am working as an intern at the Kodiak Launch Complex, the launch site for Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (http://www.akaerospace.com/). I am working in a variety of areas to get a wide range of experience including communications, facilities, and range safety and telemetry systems.

The launch site is about 35 miles out of town on Narrow Cape, and takes over an hour to get to because of the winding road and the 7 mile section that is under construction to be paved for the first time (it is currently gravel). The drive is very beautiful and so far we have seen a fox, some whales, some salmon jumping out of the water, cattle being herded down the road, bald eagles, and bison.

The landscape around the launch complex is beautiful, as there is a small island offshore, and mountains are on the other side of the launch complex. There is a bison ranch out at the launch site. Here are a few landscape pictures from the launch site, during an amazingly beautiful day because it was not raining.