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    The Launch Complex 39 Press Site is a news media facility at Launch Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Merritt Island, Florida where...
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    Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is the first of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. The...
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    the Launch Complex 39 Press Site. The vehicle remained at the turn basin until 2012, when it was moved to the Space Center Houston. The Shuttle Launch Experience...
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    Vehicle Assembly Building's turn basin dock adjacent to the Launch Complex 39 Press Site. The move was performed by Beyel Bros. using a 144-wheel trailer...
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    his home in suburban Atlanta. In May 1999, NASA dedicated the Launch Complex 39 Press Site auditorium at the Kennedy Space Center in Holliman's name. John...
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    Spaceport (redirect from Launch site)
    the launches. Major spaceports often include more than one launch complex, which can be rocket launch sites adapted for different types of launch vehicles...
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    technology, and space exploration. In May 1999, NASA dedicated the Launch Complex 39 Press Site auditorium at the Kennedy Space Center in Holliman's name. Country...
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  • constitutes a list of rocket launch sites. Some of these sites are known as spaceports or cosmodromes. A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion...
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    Starbase—previously, SpaceX South Texas Launch Site and SpaceX private launch site—is an industrial complex and rocket launch facility that serves as the main...
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    central launch platform (mobile launcher platform), or the entire complex (launch complex). The entire complex will include a launch mount or launch platform...
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  • exploration and reporting during the Persian Gulf War (NASA dedicated Launch Complex 39 Press Site facility at the Kennedy Space Center to him), Mary Katharine...
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    Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6, pronounced "Slick Six") is a launch pad and associated support infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base...
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    Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent...
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    exploration and reporting during the Persian Gulf War, NASA dedicated Launch Complex 39 Press Site facility at the Kennedy Space Center to him Clark Howell, Pulitzer...
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    The Utah Launch Complex was a Cold War military subinstallation of White Sands Missile Range for USAF and US Army rocket launches. In addition to firing...
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    "First Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite ready for shipment to launch site". Airbus (Press release). 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022. HOTBIRD...
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    Arguello Launch Complex A or PALC-A at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a launch complex that was used for a number of sounding rocket launches between...
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    USA-247 (redirect from NROL-39)
    known as NRO Launch 39 or NROL-39, is an American reconnaissance satellite, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office and launched in December 2013...
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    only one was successful. [citation needed] The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launch complex was commissioned during 1990. It has a 3,450 tonne, 76.5 m high...
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  • Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex is a commercial spaceport and rocket-launching facility operated by Southern Launch in the locality of Sleaford, near...
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    Nike Missile H-83 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile S-92 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile S-81 Launch Battery Site Nike Missile S-20 Launch Battery Site...
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    (secondary coordinates) Launch Pad 0 (LP-0), also known as Launch Complex 0 (LC-0), or Launch Area 0 (LA-0), is a launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional...
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    reusable first-stage boosters, which land either on a ground pad near the launch site or on a drone ship at sea. In December 2015, Falcon 9 became the first...
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    Apollo 4 (category Spacecraft launched in 1967)
    Building, and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, ascending from Launch Complex 39, where facilities built specially...
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  • expected to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This will be the first crewed launch from this complex, which...
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    The new launch site will be for Rocket Lab's Neutron and will be named Launch pad 0D (LP-0D). Rocket Lab will refer to LP-0D as launch complex 3 or LC-3...
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    Sputnik 1 (redirect from Launch of Sputnik)
    clustered around the launch site, with the closest situated 1 km (0.62 mi) from the launch pad. A second, nationwide observation complex was established to...
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    Merritt Island, Florida, used to manage launches of launch vehicles from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39. Attached to the southeast corner of the...
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  • safely. CSM-119 was rolled out to Launch Complex 39B on Saturn IB SA-209 during the mission and prepared for a possible launch. Two astronauts, Brand (commander)...
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  • Successful launch!". Ovzon (Press release). 4 January 2024. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024. "China launches four meteorological...
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