The Space Centre is being sized to manage a launch rate of at least 10 vehicles per year. Up to 15 vehicles can nominally be launched off of one launch complex. The centre is being designed to accommodate two launch pads sharing common infrastructure and support services.

Full construction activities will commence at the site in the fourth quarter of 2007. Construction and commissioning of facilities are projected to take between 21 and 24 months to complete. The facility will be capable of supporting launch operations starting late 2009. After two test launches of AURORA, the facility will be ready to support commercial operations.

The AURORA launch system offers a well understood, automated launch campaign process which involves the payload only during the last week of preparations prior to launch. AURORA uses the tried and tested horizontal processing and vehicle transportation approach. Assembly facilities are capable of supporting processing of two vehicles simultaneously.

Upon completion of assembly and test, the satellite payload is attached to the CORVET upper stage. The vehicle is then moved to the launch complex via rail system. Once at the launch pad, the vehicle is erected to vertical and installed into its support structures. After a couple of days of checkout and testing, the launch countdown operations commence and the vehicle is launched.