Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 20
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 20 (SLC-20), previously Launch Complex 20 (LC-20), is a launch site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. SLC-20 is located at the northern terminus of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Road, between Space Launch Complex 19 and Space Launch Complex 34 at CCAFS. This facility was constructed in the late 1950’s for the Titan I Missile Program, modified in 1964 for the Titan III Program, and further modified in the late 1980’s for the Starbird launch vehicles associated with the shuttle Starlab mission. Several Titan I rockets and four or five Titan III rockets were launched from SLC-20. SLC-20 was deactivated in 1996[1].
In 1999 the site was re-activated to support new launch facilities under the direction of the Florida Spaceport Authority for commercial launches. The re-activation includes upgrades to Launch Pad A and the construction of a new building along the perimeter road, northeast of the Blockhouse.
The site is current occupied by NASA's. Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC). The ATDC project is a NASA-led research and development project to provide infrastructure to test, demonstrate and qualify new Spaceport Technologies. The site is shared with the Florida Air National Guard.[2].
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ STATEMENT OF BASIS SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX 20. PDF. The United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
- ^ About ATDC. web. NASA. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
[edit] External links
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 20 is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Spaceport Authority Selects Lockheed Martin to Operate Launch Pads
- Complex 20 Live Video
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