Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 14

CCAFS LC-14
Launch of an Atlas rocket with Mercury-Atlas 6 on the LC-14.
Coordinates	28 ° 29 '24 "  N , 80 ° 32' 49"  W Coordinates: 28 ° 29 '24 "  N , 80 ° 32' 49"  W.
Type	Orbital Launch Site
operator	US Air Force
Launch pads	1
Missiles	Atlas Atlas- Agena
Total starts	32

Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) is a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station near Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA . It was used between 1957 and 1966 for a total of 32 Atlas rocket launches , including all manned orbital flights in the Mercury program . On April 16, 1984, LC-14 was declared a National Historic Landmark as part of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station .

history

Launch Complex 14 was built in the 1950s to test the Atlas ballistic missile. After the Atlas rocket was selected as the carrier for the manned Gemini orbital flights, all Mercury Atlas flights were launched from this platform. The ballistic flights with the Redstone missile took place from Launch Complex 5 . After the Mercury program was completed, the launch platform was rebuilt and all Agena target levels as part of the Gemini program were launched from here .

The last launch of a rocket from Launch Complex 14 took place on November 11, 1966 with the docking adapter for the Gemini-12 mission.

After the last take-off , the facilities began to corrode and disintegrate , encouraged by the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean . In the 1970s, the launch platform was dismantled for safety reasons.

Start list

date	Time ( UTC )	Missile type	serial number	Upper school	Mission / payload	Remarks
June 11, 1957	19:37	Atlas A	4A
September 25, 1957	19:57	Atlas A	6A
17th December 1957	17:39	Atlas A	12A
7th February 1958	19:37	Atlas A	13A
April 5, 1958	17:01	Atlas A	15A
September 14, 1958	05:24	Atlas B	8B		AFSWC-2
November 29, 1958	02:27	Atlas B	12B		AFSWC-3
January 16, 1959	04:00	Atlas B	13B
May 19, 1959	04:30	Atlas D	7D
September 9, 1959	08:19	Atlas D	10D		Mercury-Big-Joe 1	Mercury capsule boilerplate
September 26, 1959	07:26	Atlas	20D	Able	Pioneer P3
February 26, 1960	17:25	Atlas D	29D	Agena	Midas 1
May 24, 1960	17:36	Atlas D	45D	Agena	Midas 2
June 22, 1960	14:49	Atlas D	62D
July 29, 1960	13:13	Atlas D	50D		Mercury Atlas 1
September 19, 1960	18:31	Atlas D	79D
October 22, 1960	05:13	Atlas D	55D
February 21, 1961	14:12	Atlas D	67D		Mercury Atlas 2
April 25, 1961	16:15	Atlas D	100D		Mercury Atlas 3
September 13, 1961	14:12	Atlas D	88D		Mercury Atlas 4
November 29, 1961	15:07	Atlas D	93D		Mercury Atlas 5
February 20, 1962	14:47	Atlas D	109D		Mercury Atlas 6 Friendship 7	Astronaut: John Glenn
May 24, 1962	12:45	Atlas D	107D		Mercury Atlas 7 Aurora 7	Astronaut: Malcolm Scott Carpenter
3rd October 1962	14:47	Atlas D	113D		Mercury Atlas 8 Sigma 7	Astronaut: Walter Schirra
May 15, 1963	13:04	Atlas D	130D		Mercury Atlas 9 Faith 7	Astronaut: Gordon Cooper
October 25, 1965	15:00	Atlas SLV-3	5301D	Agena D	Gemini 6 GATV
March 16, 1966	15:00	Atlas SLV-3	5302D	Agena D	Gemini 8 GATV
17th May 1966	15:15	Atlas SLV-3	5303D	Agena D	Gemini 9 GATV
June 1, 1966	15:00	Atlas SLV-3	5304D		Gemini 9 ATDA
July 18, 1966	20:39	Atlas SLV-3	5305D	Agena D	Gemini 10 GATV
September 12, 1966	13:05	Atlas SLV-3	5306D	Agena D	Gemini 11 GATV
November 11, 1966	19:07	Atlas SLV-3	5307D	Agena RD	Gemini 12 GATV

See also

• Mercury program

Web links

Commons : Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Cape Canaveral LC14 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Pictures of LC-14 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Florida. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2019.