Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 3

**Launch Complex 3**
Launch History

Launch Site	Cape Canaveral
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Short name	LC-3
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Launch pads	1
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Status	Inactive

First launch	Bumper-8 (July 24, 1950)

Associated rockets	Bumper BOMARC UGM-27 Polaris Lockheed X-17

Launch Complex 3 is a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was formerly used to launch Bumper, BOMARC, UGM-27 Polaris, and Lockheed X-17 missiles. Most notably, it was the site of the first launch from Cape Canaveral, a Bumper rocket on July 24, 1950. It is currently inactive.

Launch of Bumper 8 from LC-3. This was the first launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

[edit] See also

v • d • e Merritt Island launch sites

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Kennedy Space Center Spaceport Florida

LC-1 • LC-2 • LC-3 • LC-4 • LC-5 • LC-6 • LC-9 • LC-10 • LC-11 • LC-12 • LC-13 • LC-14 • LC-15 • LC-16 • LC-17 • LC-18 • LC-19 • LC-20 • LC-21 • LC-22 • LC-25 • LC-26 • LC-29 • LC-30 • LC-31 • LC-32 • LC-34 • LC-36 • LC-37 • LC-39 • LC-40 • LC-41 • LC-43 • LC-45 • LC-46 • LC-47

Atlantic Missile Range drop zone • Grand Turk Island drop zone • Mobile Launch Area • SLBM Launch Area • Patrick AFB • Shuttle Landing Facility • Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip

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