at the end of november 2014, it was announced that the construction of the facility was completed, and the centre was put into operation. the centre's class 100,000 clean rooms cover an area of around . it is capable of the assembly, integration and testing of several satellites of type low earth orbit (leo) and geosynchronous orbit (geo) with a mass up to five tonnes simultaneously. it has a direct connection to the airbase so that a transport by land becomes needless, offering advantages of security, economy and risk management.