Launch Complex 6 (LC-6) at

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, Florida is a launch site used by Redstone and

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series rockets and missiles. It is on the south end of

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, close to Launch Complex 5, with which it shared a

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. With LC-5, it was the location of the first tests of the mobile launch concept designed by

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. This concept was revised and improved and eventually used at LC-39 for the

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and

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. LC-6 was deactivated in 1961. The blockhouse and a square concrete pad are the only parts of the complex that remain intact, although the mobile service tower was under restoration as of 2011. The complex is part of the "Cape Canaveral: Then and Now" tour, available from the

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Gallery

File:LC-5 blockhouse.jpg, Blockhouse (2010) File:LC-5 firing button.jpg, Firing button (2010)

References

Space Launch Report, Cape Canaveral Launch Complexes 5/6/26A/26B
{{Merritt Island Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

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See also

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