Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37
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 The launch of GOES-N atop a Delta IV, from LC-37B in 2006 |
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| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| Location | 28.531986°N 80.566821°W |
| Short name | LC-37 |
| Operator | US Air Force |
| Total launches | 13 |
| Launch pads | 2 |
| Minimum/Maximum orbital inclination |
28° - 57° |
| LC-37A Launch History | |
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| Status | Inactive |
| Launches | 0 |
| First launch | Unused |
| Associated rockets | (none) |
| LC-37B Launch History | |
| Status | Active |
| Launches | 13 |
| First launch | SA-5, 29 January 1964 |
| Last launch | GOES-N, 24 May 2006 |
| Associated rockets | Saturn I Saturn IB Delta IV (current) |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37 (LC-37) is a launch complex at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The complex, which was built in the 1960s, consists of two launch pads. LC-37A has never been used, but LC-37B saw unmanned Saturn I and IB flights in the mid sixties, and is still in use today, as the launch site for the Boeing Delta IV.
The first launch to utilise the complex was the SA-5 unmanned test of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It was closed in 1968, following the unmanned Apollo flight, Apollo 5, but re-opened in 2002 as a Delta IV launch site. The most recent launch from it was that of the GOES-N weather satellite atop a Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) rocket, on May 24, 2006.
LC-37A is one of the sites under consideration, along with LC-34 and the unbuilt LC-39C, for the launch site of the Ares I rocket, part of Project Constellation.
The original layout of the launch complex featured one MSS which could be used to service or mate a rocket on either LC-37A or B, but not on both simultaneously.
[edit] See also
- List of spaceflights by year
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Project Apollo
- Saturn I
- Saturn IB
- Merritt Island
- List of Merritt Island launch sites
- Delta IV
[edit] External links
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- Satellite image from WikiMapia, Google Maps or Windows Live Local
- Street map from MapQuest or Google Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
| Merritt Island launch sites |
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| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (all except LC-39) Kennedy Space Center (LC-39) |
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