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Space Launch Complex 20
Space Launch Complex 20 (SLC-20) is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It is the northernmost launchpad in Missile Row, located at the northern terminus of ICBM Road between Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 19, Launch Complex 19 and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 34, Launch Complex 34. Originally designated as Launch Complex 20 (LC-20) by the United States Air Force, SLC-20 was historically built for launching the HGM-25A Titan I in Intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM tests, and subsequently saw use by the Titan IIIA and various Sounding rocket, sounding rockets. The pad is currently leased to Firefly Aerospace for future use by their Firefly Alpha and Eclipse (rocket), Eclipse launch vehicles. History Launch Complex 20 was constructed by the United States Air Force in the late 1950s for the Titan I missile program, alongside Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 19, LC-19, Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 16, LC-16, and LC-15 to the south. The pad saw use in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida. Headquartered at the nearby Patrick Space Force Base, the station is the primary launch site for the Space Force's Eastern RangeCAST 1999, p. 1-12. with four launch pads currently active (Space Launch Complexes 36, 40, 41 and 46). The facility is south-southeast of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on adjacent Merritt Island, with the two linked by bridges and causeways. The Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip provides a runway close to the launch complexes for military airlift aircraft delivering heavy and outsized payloads to the Cape. A number of American space exploration pioneers were launched from CCSFS, including the first U.S. Earth satellite (1958), first U.S. astronaut (1961), first U.S. astronaut in orbit (1962), first two-man U.S. spacecraft (1965), first U.S. uncrewed lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
