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A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables.
Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009.
This is a list of launch complexes where a Launch complex is a facility from which different types of launch vehicles are launched. It may contain one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. Ariane Launch Complex (1970—) Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 1 (1957—)
Robert D. Cabana, director of KSC, announces the signing of the LC-39A lease agreement on April 14, 2014.. In December 2013, NASA and SpaceX were in negotiations for SpaceX to lease Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, after SpaceX was selected in a multi-company bid process, following NASA's decision in early 2013 to lease the unused complex as part of a bid to reduce annual operation and ...
This is a list of all the lists of rocket launches. That is, a list of articles that are lists of rocket launches. ... List of rocket launch sites. V-1 flying bomb ...
Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have a success rate of 99.34% and have been launched 457 times over 15 years, resulting in 454 full successes, two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), one pre-flight failure (AMOS-6 while being prepared for an on-pad static fire test), and one partial failure (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station ...
Antares (/ æ n ˈ t ɑː r iː z /), known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (later part of Northrop Grumman) and the Pivdenne Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs.
This is a list of launches made by the Atlas rocket family, derived from the SM-65 Atlas ICBM. The currently operational variant, Atlas V, has flown 81 consecutive missions without failure between October 2007 and January 2022. Due to the size of the list, it has been split by decade: List of Atlas launches (1957–1959)