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_after_its_launch_tower.jpg) The launch of GOES-N atop a Delta IV, from LC-37B in 2006 |
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| Launch site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
|---|---|
| Location | 28.531986°N 80.566821°W |
| Short name | LC-37 |
| Operator | US Air Force |
| Total launches | 14 |
| Launch pad(s) | 2 |
| Minimum / maximum orbital inclination | 28° - 57° |
| LC-37A launch history | |
| Status | Inactive |
| Launches | 0 |
| First launch | Unused |
| Associated rockets | (none) |
| LC-37B launch history | |
| Status | Active |
| Launches | 14 |
| First launch | SA-5, 29 January 1964 |
| Last launch | DSP-23, 11 November 2007 |
| Associated rockets | Saturn I Saturn IB Delta IV (current) |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37 (LC-37) is a launch complex at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Construction began in 1959 and the site was accepted by NASA to support the Saturn IB program in 1963. 1 The complex consists of two launch pads. LC-37A has never been used, but LC-37B saw unmanned Saturn I and IB flights in the mid sixties, including the first (unmanned) test of the Apollo Lunar Module in space.1 It is still in use today as the launch site for the Boeing Delta IV.
The first launch to utilize the complex was the SA-5 unmanned test of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It was closed in 1968, following the unmanned Apollo flight, Apollo 5, but re-opened in 2002 as a Delta IV launch site. The most recent launch from it was the 23rd and final Defense Support Program missile-warning satellite, DSP-23 atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket, at 01:50:00 GMT on 11 November 2007 (8:50 EST, November 10, 2007).2
LC-37A is one of the sites under consideration, along with LC-34 and the unbuilt LC-39C, for the launch site of the Ares I rocket, part of Project Constellation.
The original layout of the launch complex featured one MSS which could be used to service or mate a rocket on either LC-37A or B, but not on both simultaneously.
See also
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- List of spaceflights by year
- List of Merritt Island launch sites
- Merritt Island
- Project Apollo
- Saturn I
- Saturn IB
- Delta IV
External links
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37 is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Boeing Delta IV website
References
- ^ a b "Complex 37 -- Cape Canaveral Air Station". Federation of American Scientists (www.fas.org) (2000-06-16). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
- ^ Justin Ray (2007-11-11). "Delta 4-Heavy rocket fires away from Cape Canaveral". Spaceflight Now (http://www.spaceflightnow.com). Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
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