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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modified for the Space Shuttle program. Launch Complex 39 consists of three launch sub-complexes or "pads"—39A, 39B, and 39C—a Vehicle Assembly Building...
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Merritt Island, Florida. The pad, along with Launch Complex 39A, was first designed for the Saturn V launch vehicle, which at the time was the United States'...
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successful launch of CRS-13. SpaceX had leased Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the nearby Kennedy Space Center from NASA in April 2014, which allowed launches to...
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2017, SpaceX uses Launch Complex 39A to launch their launch vehicles. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), operated by Space Launch Delta 45 of the...
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slated to use Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center—which had supported all previous SpaceX's crewed missions—when Crew-9's launch was rescheduled...
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Polaris Dawn (section Launch)
human body. Polaris Dawn launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket. The first launch attempt on 27 August 2024...
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SpaceX facilities (redirect from The SpaceX private launch site)
(SLC-4E), Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), and Brownsville South Texas Launch Site (Starbase). Space Launch Complex 40 was damaged in the AMOS-6...
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (redirect from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 1)
Station as well as commercial satellite flights. SpaceX has also leased Launch Complex 39A from NASA and has completed modifying it to accommodate Falcon Heavy...
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SpaceX Crew-1 (category Spacecraft launched in 2020)
2020 at 00:27:17 UTC on a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and...
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Launch Complex 48 (LC-48) is a multi-user launch site for small launchers and spacecraft. It is located south of Launch Complex 39A and north of Space...
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launch vehicles to lift the Command/Service Module (CSM) and Lunar Module (LM) spacecraft into space, and the Little Joe II rocket to test a launch escape...
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Inspiration4 (category Spacecraft launched in 2021)
mission launched the Crew Dragon Resilience on 16 September 2021 at 00:02:56 UTC from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A atop a Falcon 9 launch vehicle...
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Apollo 6 (category Spacecraft launched in 1968)
6 launched from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1968, at 7:00 am (1200 UT). For the first two minutes, the Saturn V launch vehicle...
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September 2021). "Falcon 9 and Dragon in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A ahead of launching @inspiration4x https://t.co/xSygsTmuHY" (Tweet). Archived...
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SpaceX Crew-8 (section Launch attempt summary)
@SpaceX #Crew8 mission at 11:16 pm ET March 2 from @NASAKennedy's Launch Complex 39A" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Twitter. NASA Commercial Crew...
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its crew tower at Launch Complex 39A at nearby Kennedy Space Center. Niles-Carnes, Elyna (6 August 2024). "NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational...
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History of SpaceX (section Launch site preparations)
(ISS) and marking the first crewed launch from American soil in 9 years. The mission launched from Launch Complex 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
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Booster B1046.4 and an uncrewed capsule C205 were launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) on a suborbital trajectory, followed by an in-flight abort of the...
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STS-400 (redirect from STS-125 launch on need)
conducting both launches from Complex 39A in order to avoid further delays to Ares I-X, which, at the time, was scheduled for launch from LC-39B in the...
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Canaveral, SLC-40 Kennedy, LC-39A Vandenberg, SLC-4E 5 10 15 20 25 30 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 Loss before launch Loss during flight Partial...
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SpaceX CRS-29 (category Spacecraft launched in 2023)
readiness after the agency's Psyche launch on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, which lifted off on October 13 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...
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STS-32 (category Spacecraft launched in 1990)
program, and the ninth launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. Launched on January 9, 1990, it marked the first use of the Launch Complex 39A of Kennedy Space Center...
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by SpaceX and serves as their launch control center for Launch Complex 39A. The Launch Director is the head of the launch team, and is responsible for...
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signed a launch agreement with United States launch provider SpaceX to launch the remaining satellites on Falcon 9 rockets, with the first launch expected...
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Blue Origin (redirect from West Texas Launch Site)
part of the Space Coast, when they submitted a bid in 2013 to lease Launch Complex 39A (LC39A) at the Kennedy Space Center – on land to the north of, and...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster (category Spacecraft launched in 2018)
Transportation issued the test flight's launch license on February 2, 2018. The rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 15:45 EST...
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IM-1 (category Space probes launched in 2024)
been successful and they were ready for launch. A reusable Falcon 9 booster carrying Odysseus lifted off from LC-39A in Florida at 06:05 UTC on February 15...
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Kennedy Space Center (redirect from Launch Operations Center)
launchers and spacecraft. It will be located between Launch Complex 39A and Space Launch Complex 41, with LC-39A to the north and SLC-41 to the south. LC-48 will...
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SpaceX Starship (redirect from ITS launch vehicle)
Starship launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) since 2021. The site was leased to the company in 2014 and is used to launch Falcon...
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