After some delay in transporting the remaining modules, Kawanishi Heavy Industries Limited is pleased to announce that construction of the second stage of the Modular Maintenance Facility is complete. The additional modules should improve both capacity and capability of the facility.
In order to allow technical staff to more easily execute repairs on visiting spacecraft, the facility has added two enclosed hangar bays. Located above and below the main habitat, they allow repairs and maintenance to take place in a pressurized environment making life much easier for the maintenance crew.
The station has also added expanded bunkers for fuel and life support storage. This expanded capacity vastly increases the station's ability to refuel and resupply visiting spacecraft between tanker runs. There is also a high capacity solar furnace to augment the small fusion plant providing main power.
In order to facilitate easy transportation between the surface and the orbital, a dedicated hanger bay was added below Pad One for an automated shuttle system. These four place shuttles provide convenient an fast transportation between the orbital and a small shuttle port located at the edge of the colony's Maintenance and Cargo Handling facility.
The service is subsidized by KHI, and open for anyone who has business on the station.
With the added capacity, the Modular Maintenance Facility becomes the most advanced small yard in the region and the best option for light traders. While the installation is small, it has the specialized tooling to handle repairs to much larger spacecraft as well.
KHI looks forward to serving the local merchant fleet and Hale's Moon colony.
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