Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) is a deactivated launch site on the eastern tip of

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 stat ...

, Florida. It was constructed, with launch complexes 2, 3, and 4, in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program. The first launch from this site was a Snark test, conducted on January 13, 1955. The complex was used for Snark missions until 1960, and then was utilized as a

helicopter pad A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft. While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...

during

Project Mercury Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet U ...

. The final use of the site was from 1983 to 1989 for tethered aerostat balloon radar missions.

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Encyclopedia Astronautica
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 1950s establishments in Florida {{rocket-stub