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List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

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Looking east, left-right: LC-41, LC-40, (center) LC-37B, Harrison Island, Vertical Integration Facility, and the ITL Warehouse on CCAFS in 2005

Cape Canaveral and adjacent Merritt Island on Florida's Atlantic coast are home to the USA's Eastern Range, the most active rocket range and spaceport in the country. The Eastern Range hosts two groundside operators: the military Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the civilian Kennedy Space Center. Between them are dozens of launch pads, with several currently in active service and more in planning for activation.

List

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Key

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  Denotes sites actively being used for launches
  Denotes sites actively used for non-launch activities, such as landing
  Denotes inactive sites planned with future use in mind
  Denotes unused inactive sites
  Denotes demolished, unbuilt, or never used sites

Kennedy Space Center

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Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising three pads—two active (with one under lease) and one inactive. From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009. Since 2017, SpaceX uses Launch Complex 39A to launch their launch vehicles.

Site Status Tenant Uses Notable Launches Coordinates
Launch Complex 39A Active SpaceX Current: Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy
Future: Starship
Retired: Saturn V, Space Shuttle
Cancelled: Ares V
The launch site of all six crewed lunar landing missions of the Apollo Program. 		Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 17, Skylab, STS-1, STS-7, STS-71, STS-88, STS-107, STS-135, Falcon Heavy test flight, Crew Dragon Demo-2, Inspiration4, Psyche, Europa Clipper Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 39B Active[1] NASA[a] Current: Space Launch System
Retired: Saturn V, Saturn IB, Space Shuttle, Ares I-X
Cancelled: Ares I, OmegA
The launch site of the Challenger disaster. 		Apollo 10, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, Apollo-Soyuz, STS-51L, STS-34, STS-31, STS-93, Artemis I Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 39C Unbuilt Located within LC-39B. It was intended to be used for small-lift launch vehicles and as a general multipurpose launch site.[2] Abandoned in 2016 in favor of building LC-48.[3] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 48 Inactive LC-48 is designed as a "clean pad" (a reconfigurable facility with no permanent structures) to support various small-lift launch vehicles. It is awaiting its first customer. Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 49 Unbuilt Cancelled: Starship[4]
Plans were suspended in 2024.[5] 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), operated by Space Launch Delta 45 of the U.S. Space Force, was the site of all U.S. crewed launches before Apollo 8, as well as many other early Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA launches. For the DoD, it plays a secondary role to Vandenberg SFB in California, but is the launch site for many NASA uncrewed space probes, as those spacecraft are typically launched on United States Space Force launchers. Much of the support activity for CCSFS occurs at Patrick Space Force Base to the south, its reporting base.

Active sites

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Site Tenant Uses Notable Launches Coordinates
Launch Complex 11 Blue Origin[6] Current: BE-4 test stand
Retired: Atlas
Part of larger site which includes LC-36. 		SCORE Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 12 Current: Storage area for New Glenn
Retired: Atlas, Atlas-Able, Atlas-Agena 		Mariner 2, Ranger 7, Mariner 4, Mariner 5 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 13 Phantom Space and Vaya Space (de jure)
SpaceX (de facto) 		Current: Falcon first stage landing zone[7]
Future: Daytona I, Dauntless[8] (reconfigured as a clean pad)
Retired: Atlas, Atlas Agena, Falcon Heavy landings 		Mariner 3, Lunar Orbiter 1, Orbcomm OG2 M2 (landing), Falcon Heavy test flight (landing) Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 36 Blue Origin[b][9] Current: New Glenn[9]
Retired: Atlas-Centaur, Atlas G, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III
Cancelled: Athena III[10] 		Blue Ring Pathfinder Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Space Launch Complex 40 SpaceX Current: Falcon 9
Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan 34D, Commercial Titan III, Titan IV 		OPS 0855, ATS-6, Mars Observer, Cassini-Huygens, Dragon C2+, DSCOVR, TESS, Beresheet, Euclid, Hera, SpaceX Crew-9 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Space Launch Complex 41 United Launch Alliance Current: Atlas V, Vulcan Centaur
Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan IIIE, Titan IV 		OPS 6911, Helios 1 & 2, Voyager 1 & 2, Viking 1 & 2, New Horizons, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Juno, Mars Science Laboratory, Mars 2020, Lucy, Peregrine Mission One, Boeing Crew Flight Test Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Space Launch Complex 46 Space Florida[c][11][12] Current: Dark Eagle
Future: Rocket 4/5[13]
Retired: Trident II,[14] Athena II, Athena I, Minotaur IV,[15] Orion Abort Test Booster, Rocket 3
SLC-46 is a clean pad.[16] 		Lunar Prospector, Ascent Abort-2 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.

Sites leased for future use

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Site Tenant Uses Notable Launches Coordinates
Launch Complex 14 Stoke Space[17] Future: Nova[8]
Retired: Atlas, Mercury-Atlas, Atlas-Agena
The site of all four crewed Mercury-Atlas launches used for Project Mercury. 		Mercury-Atlas 5, Mercury-Atlas 6, Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 8 ATV, Gemini 11 ATV Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 16 Relativity Space[18] Future: Terran R[19]
Retired: Titan I, Titan II, Pershing 1a, Pershing II, Terran 1[19] 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Space Launch Complex 20 Firefly Aerospace[d][20] Future: Alpha,[21] Eclipse[citation needed]
Retired: Titan I, Titan IIIA, Starbird, Prospector, Aries, LCLV, Super Loki 		LES-1, LCS-1 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.

Inactive and previously used sites

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Site Status Uses Notable Launches Coordinates
Launch Complex A
Launch Complex B
Launch Complex C
Launch Complex D 		Demolished Retired: Matador
LC-46 now sits on the site.
Launch Complex 1 Inactive Retired: Snark, Matador, Aerostat Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Launch Complex 2 Inactive Retired: Snark, Matador, Aerostat Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 3 Inactive Retired: Bumper-WAC, BOMARC, Polaris, X-17 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 4 Inactive Retired: BOMARC, Redstone, Matador, Jason, Draco Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 4A Inactive Retired: BOMARC
Launch Complex 5 Inactive Retired: Jupiter-C, Redstone, Mercury-Redstone.
The site of all six crewed and uncrewed Mercury-Redstone launches used for Project Mercury. Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. 		Pioneer 4, Mercury-Redstone 1, Mercury-Redstone 3, Mercury-Redstone 4 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 6 Inactive Retired: Redstone, Jupiter
Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 7
Launch Complex 8 		Unbuilt Would have joined LC-1/2/3/4. No assigned missile assigned to pad, though likely would launch missiles like Snark and Matador. Located at present site of Central Control Road.[22] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 9 Inactive Retired: Navaho Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 10 Demolished Retired: Jason, Draco, Nike Tomahawk
Demolished to make way for LC-31 and LC-32. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 15 Inactive Retired: Titan I, Titan II
Cancelled: RS1[8] 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 17A Demolished Retired: Thor, Thor-Able, Thor-Ablestar, Thor DSV-2, Delta I, Delta II Pioneer 1, Explorer 6, OSO-1, Ariel 1, Mars Global Surveyor, Deep Space 1, Mars Climate Orbiter, Stardust, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Genesis, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, Swift Observatory Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 17B Demolished Retired: Thor, Thor-Ablestar, Thor DSV-2, Delta I, Delta II, Delta III Courier 1B, Telstar 1, Syncom 2, NEAR Shoemaker, Mars Pathfinder, WMAP, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, Spitzer Space Telescope, MESSENGER, Deep Impact, Dawn, Kepler Space Telescope
Launch Complex 18 Inactive Retired: Viking, Vanguard, Thor, Blue Scout Junior, Blue Scout Vanguard TV-3, Vanguard 1, Vanguard 2, Vanguard 3, Mercury-Scout 1 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 19 Inactive Retired: Titan I, Titan II GLV.
The site of all ten crewed Titan II launches used for Project Gemini. 		Gemini 3, Gemini 4, Gemini 7, Gemini 6A, Gemini 8, Gemini 11, Gemini 12 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 21 Inactive Retired: Goose, Mace Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 22 Inactive Retired: Goose, Mace Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 23
Launch Complex 24 		Inactive Retired: Triton, Snark
Intended to have two pads and a single blockhouse, but only one pad was built and the blockhouse was never built. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 25 Inactive Retired: Polaris, Poseidon, Trident I Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 26 Inactive Retired: Jupiter, Redstone
Launch site of Explorer 1 - the first successful U.S. satellite. Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum. 		Explorer 1 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 27 Unbuilt Cancelled: G-38 Navaho
Intended to have two pads. The Navaho program was cancelled before construction began. Located adjacent to LC-31 and LC-32. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 28 Unbuilt No known launch vehicle or missile was assigned to LC-28. Intended to have two pads and a single blockhouse.[23] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 29 Inactive Retired: Polaris[24] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 30A Inactive Retired: Pershing 1 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 30B Inactive Cancelled: Pershing 1
Pad has never been built.
Launch Complex 31 Inactive Retired: Minuteman, Pershing 1a
Used as a burial vault for pieces of Space Shuttle Challenger. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 32 Inactive Retired: Minuteman Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 33 Unbuilt Cancelled: Titan III X-20
Never built due to cancellation of the Dyna Soar program. SLC-37 now sits on the site. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 34 Inactive Retired: Saturn I, Saturn IB
Site of the Apollo 1 fire. 		SA-1, AS-201, Apollo 7 Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 35 Unbuilt Cancelled: Navaho
Not built due to the cancellation of the Navaho program.
Launch Complex 36A Refurbished by Blue Origin, LLC Retired: Atlas-Centaur,[10]Atlas II[25] Surveyor 1, Mariner 7, Pioneer 10, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 36B Demolished Retired: Atlas-Centaur, Atlas G, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III Surveyor 3, OAO-2, Mariner 6, Mariner 9, Pioneer 11, Mariner 10, SOHO
Launch Complex 37A Unused Proposed: Starship
Cancelled: Saturn I, Saturn IB
Pad has never been used. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Space Launch Complex 37B Inactive Proposed: Starship
Retired: Saturn I, Saturn IB, Delta IV,[26] Delta IV Heavy[27] 		SA-5, AS-101, AS-105, Apollo 5, Exploration Flight Test-1, Parker Solar Probe
Launch Complex 38 Unbuilt Cancelled: Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Centaur[28]
Proposed for several Atlas variants, never had any specific location selected. 		N/A
Launch Complex 42 Unbuilt Cancelled: Titan IIIC
Proposed as a third pad to the Integrate-Transfer-Launch Complex. Cancelled because it would have been too close to LC-39A. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 43 Demolished Retired: Super Loki
Demolished to make way for SLC-46. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 44 Demolished Retired: Dragon[29]
Demolished to make way for the submarine facility at Port Canaveral. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 45 Demolished Cancelled: Roland
Construction plans scrapped before any missiles were launched. LC-46 now sits on the site. 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Launch Complex 47 Inactive Retired: Sounding Rockets, Super Loki, Super Loki Lite Star, LOFT-1[30] Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.

Other sites

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Site Status Uses Coordinates
Atlantic Missile Range drop zone Inactive Retired: High Virgo, Bold Orion, Hound Dog, Skybolt
Grand Turk Auxiliary AFB, Grand Turk Island drop zone Inactive Retired: Arcas (All-Purpose Rocket for Collecting Atmospheric Soundings)
Mobile Launch Area Inactive Retired: Lark, Matador, Snark[31]
Eastern SLBM Launch Area Active Current: Trident II
Retired: Polaris, Poseidon, Trident
Shuttle Landing Facility Active Current: X-37B landings
Retired: Space Shuttle landings, Pegasus 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip Active Current: Pegasus XL
Retired: Navaho, Pegasus 		Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.
Patrick Space Force Base Inactive Retired: Matador

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also the owner of the pad.
  2. ^ Subtenant; tenant is Space Florida.
  3. ^ Acts as a middleman tenant. Subtenants include Astra Space.
  4. ^ Subtenant; tenant is Space Florida. Eclipse will also be operated in conjunction with Northrop Grumman.

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