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Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), sometimes referred to as "Slick Forty," is a launch pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Initially opened as Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) and used by the United States Air Force for 55 launches of rockets from the Titan family between 1965 and 2005.
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.
Cape Canaveral SLC-40: SpaceX: BlueBird × 4 AST SpaceMobile: Low Earth: Communications BlueBird Block 2 Mission 3. 2025 (TBD) [132] New Glenn: Cape Canaveral LC-36: Blue Origin: BlueBird × 8 AST SpaceMobile: Low Earth: Communications BlueBird Block 2 Mission 4. 2025 (TBD) [133] Vulcan Centaur VC4L Cape Canaveral SLC-41: ULA: SSC CRS-1: NASA ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on May 17, 2024. The rocket launch is seen from the Vero Beach High ...
It's launch day! SpaceX is targeting 7:45 p.m. EDT to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. If needed, seven backup launch opportunities are ...
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) is a deactivated launch site southeast of SLC-36 at Cape Canaveral. It was constructed, with launch complexes 1, 2, and 4, in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program. [40] It was formerly used to launch Bumper, BOMARC, UGM-27 Polaris, and Lockheed X-17 missiles.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on May 17, 2024. The rocket launch is seen from the Vero Beach High ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on May 17, 2024. The rocket launch is seen from the Vero Beach High ...