Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 12

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CCAFS LC-12
Launch of Ranger 7
Launch of Ranger 7
Coordinates 28 ° 28 '50 "  N , 80 ° 32' 31"  W Coordinates: 28 ° 28 '50 "  N , 80 ° 32' 31"  W.
Type Orbital Launch Site
operator US Air Force
Launch pads 1
Missiles Atlas
First start January 10, 1958
Last start 5th November 1967
Total starts 38
status inactive
CCAFSLC-39 Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 SLC-41 Space Launch Complex 41 SLC-40 Space Launch Complex 40 LC-47 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 47 SLC-37 Space Launch Complex 37 LC-34 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 34 LC-20 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 20 LC-19 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 19 LC-16 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 16 LC-15 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 15 LC-14 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 14 LC-13 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 13 LC-12 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 12 LC-11 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 11 LC-36 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 36 LC-46 Space Launch Complex 46 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 21 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 22 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 9 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 10 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 31 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 32 LC-18 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 18 LC-22 LC-17 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 17 LC-26 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 26 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 5 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 6 LC-29 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 29 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 25 LC-30 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 30
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Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 12 (LC-12) is a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA . It was from the late 1950s until the late 1960s mainly to start for testing and development flights of the Atlas - ICBM used.

Also from the NASA variety of payloads launched from LC-12th Two of the early Pioneer lunar probes and all Ranger lunar probes were launched from here. LC-10 also launched four Mariner probes.

In 1967 the LC-12 was officially decommissioned together with the sister launch ramps LC-11 and LC-14 .

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type serial number Upper school Mission / payload Remarks
January 10, 1958 15:48 Atlas A 10A suborbital test flight
February 20, 1958 17:46 Atlas A 11A False start
June 3, 1958 21:28 Atlas A 16A Last flight of an Atlas-A missile
December 24, 1958 04:45 Atlas C 3C First flight of an Atlas-C missile
January 27, 1959 23:34 Atlas C 4C
February 20, 1959 05:38 Atlas C 5C False start
March 19, 1959 00:59 Atlas C 7C RVX-2 False start
July 21, 1959 05:22 Atlas C 8C AFSWC-5 Successful re-entry test
August 24, 1959 15:53 Atlas C 11C AFSWC-6 Last successful launch of an Atlas C rocket.
September 24, 1959 Atlas C 9C Able Failure: Missile exploded during a test on the launch pad
May 20, 1960 15:00 Atlas D 56D Longest known ICBM flight (14550 km)
June 28, 1960 02:30 Atlas D 27D
August 9, 1960 18:09 Atlas D 32D
September 25, 1960 15:13 Atlas D 80D Able Pioneer C First space flight attempt from this launch pad. False start, second stage explosion
November 15, 1960 05:54 Atlas D 83D
December 15, 1960 09:10 Atlas D 91D Able Pioneer D False start, explosion of the first stage
January 23, 1961 21:02 Atlas D 90D Last test flight by the US Air Force with an Atlas-D missile from Cape Canaveral
23rd August 1961 10:04 Atlas D 111D Agena B Ranger 1 Lunar probe, remained in orbit due to a malfunction and burned up after seven days. First successful orbital launch from this launch pad.
November 18, 1961 08:12 Atlas D 117D Agena B Ranger 2 Lunar probe, remained in orbit due to a malfunction and burned up after two days
January 26, 1962 20:30 Atlas D 121D Agena B Ranger 3 Lunar probe. Missed the moon due to control problems
April 23, 1962 20:50 Atlas D 133D Agena B Ranger 4 First US lunar probe to hit the moon
July 22, 1962 09:21 Atlas D 145D Agena B Mariner 1 Venus probe, false start
August 27, 1962 06:53 Atlas D 179D Agena B Mariner 2 Venus probe, first flyby of another planet with radio contact
October 18, 1962 16:59 Atlas D 215D Agena B Ranger 5 Lunar probe. Missed the moon due to control problems
January 30, 1964 15:49 Atlas D 199D Agena B Ranger 6 Lunar probe
April 14, 1964 21:42 Atlas D 263D FIRE 1 Suborbital re-entry test for the Apollo spacecraft
July 28, 1964 16:50 Atlas D 250D Agena B Ranger 7 Lunar probe
5th September 1964 01:23 Atlas D 195D Agena B OGO 1 Research satellite
November 28, 1964 14:22 Atlas D 288D Agena D Mariner 4 First successful Mars probe
February 17, 1965 17:05 Atlas D 196D Agena B Ranger 8
March 21, 1965 21:37 Atlas D 204D Agena B Ranger 9 Lunar probe. Live broadcast of the serve on television.
May 22, 1965 21:55 Atlas D 264D FIRE 2 Suborbital re-entry test for the Apollo spacecraft
April 8, 1966 19:35 Atlas SLV-3 5001 Agena D OAO 1 Space telescope
June 7, 1966 02:48 Atlas SLV-3 5601 Agena B OGO 3
7th December 1966 02:12 Atlas SLV-3 5101 Agena D ATS 1 Geosynchronous research satellite
April 6, 1967 03:23 Atlas SLV-3 5102 Agena D ATS 2 Did not reach the planned orbit
June 14, 1967 06:01 Atlas SLV-3 5401 Agena D Mariner 5 Venus probe
5th November 1967 23:37 Atlas SLV-3 5103 Agena D ATS 3 Geosynchronous research satellite

Individual evidence

  1. Cape Canaveral LC12 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica , accessed on October 24, 2012 (English).

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