Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 16

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CCAFS LC-16
Titan I launched on April 8, 1960
Titan I launched on April 8, 1960
Coordinates 28 ° 30 ′ 6 ″  N , 80 ° 33 ′ 6 ″  W Coordinates: 28 ° 30 ′ 6 ″  N , 80 ° 33 ′ 6 ″  W
Type Orbital Launch Site
operator US Air Force / US Army
Launch pads 1
Missiles Titan , Pershing ,
Terran 1 (planned)
First start December 12, 1959
Last start March 21, 1988
Total starts 150
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 16 (LC-16) is a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA . The new Terran 1 should start from there from 2021 .

history

The launch pad was originally built along with the LC-15 , LC-19 and LC-20 for the US Air Force's Titan missions in early 1959. Thus, on December 12, 1959, a Titan I took off from this launch site. But even this first launch failed because the rocket exploded a few meters above the launch site.

The next year, 1960, another five Titan I launched, with only two missions being successful. As a result, LC-16 was only used for the Titan II for the next few years . The first of seven Titan II launches was a success; the rocket flew 8000 km across the Atlantic. The next Titan II launches took place by May 29, 1962. There were three failures.

After the Titan program for this ramp was discontinued, the Air Force handed the complex over to NASA in January 1965 . In the next few years, it was able to carry out tests such as the engine of the Apollo service module on this launch site . After the tests, the complex was returned to the US Air Force.

From 1974 to 1988, the launch pad of which was US Army for Development of flights Pershing - medium-range missile used. Due to the decommissioning of the Pershing missiles as part of the INF treaty , LC-16 was decommissioned in 1988.

The complex

Until the conversion for the Pershing rockets, the launch site was very similar to its "brothers" from 1959: There was a fixed tower and a movable service tower that was swiveled back before launch. The special thing about the launch site, however, was the " Suiting Trailer ", in which the astronauts were put on the launch suit so that they could take off from the neighboring LC-19.

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type serial number
December 12, 1959 17:11 Titan I. C-3
5th February 1960 21:46 Titan I. C-4
March 8, 1960 18:00 Titan I. C-1
April 8, 1960 Titan I. C-5 RVX-3
April 28, 1960 20:18 Titan I. C-6 RVX-3
May 27, 1960 17:20 Titan I. E-9 RVX-4
March 16, 1962 18:09 Titan II N-2 Mk 6
July 25, 1962 16:17 Titan II N-4 Mk 6
October 12, 1962 16:24 Titan II N-9 Mk 6
December 6, 1962 20:31 Titan II N-11
January 10, 1963 Titan II N-15
May 9, 1963 Titan II N-14
May 29, 1963 16:56 Titan II N-20
May 7th 1974 19:00 Pershing 1A 103
May 7th 1974 19:15 Pershing 1A 104
May 7th 1974 20:05 Pershing 1A 102
May 7th 1974 20:21 Pershing 1A 101
May 21, 1974 Pershing 1A 109
May 21, 1974 13:04 Pershing 1A 110
May 21, 1974 13:18 Pershing 1A 111
May 21, 1974 14:28 Pershing 1A 112
May 31, 1974 19:00 Pershing 1A 105
May 31, 1974 19:15 Pershing 1A 106
May 31, 1974 20:05 Pershing 1A 107
May 31, 1974 20:21 Pershing 1A 108
July 23, 1975 15:04 Pershing 1A 37
July 23, 1975 16:38 Pershing 1A 38
July 23, 1975 16:53 Pershing 1A 39
July 24, 1975 18:49 Pershing 1A 40
5th August 1975 16:04 Pershing 1A 41
5th August 1975 16:20 Pershing 1A 42
5th August 1975 18:16 Pershing 1A 43
5th August 1975 18:32 Pershing 1A 44
August 25, 1975 15:54 Pershing 1A FOT-45
August 25, 1975 17:32 Pershing 1A FOT-46
26th August 1975 18:32 Pershing 1A FOT-47
26th August 1975 18:49 Pershing 1A FOT-48
October 26, 1976 18:06 Pershing 1A FOT-49
October 26, 1976 19:12 Pershing 1A FOT-50
October 26, 1976 20:21 Pershing 1A FOT-51
October 26, 1976 20:39 Pershing 1A FOT-52
17th February 1977 18:12 Pershing
March 2nd 1977 18:28 Pershing 1A
March 2nd 1977 18:53 Pershing 1A
March 2nd 1977 20:31 Pershing 1A
March 2nd 1977 21:42 Pershing 1A
July 13, 1978 14:37 Pershing 1A FOT-111
July 13, 1978 16:57 Pershing 1A FOT-112
July 13, 1978 18:09 Pershing 1A FOT-113
July 25, 1978 14:30 Pershing 1A FOT-115
July 25, 1978 14:48 Pershing 1A FOT-114
July 25, 1978 15:06 Pershing 1A FOT-116
August 25, 1978 13:06 Pershing 1A FOT-117
August 25, 1978 13:23 Pershing 1A FOT-118
August 25, 1978 13:53 Pershing 1A FOT-119
February 22, 1979 14:43 Pershing FOT-121
February 22, 1979 15:00 Pershing FOT-122
February 22, 1979 15:19 Pershing FOT-120
April 25, 1979 15:03 Pershing FOT-125
April 25, 1979 15:17 Pershing FOT-124
April 25, 1979 15:40 Pershing FOT-123
May 9, 1979 17:00 Pershing FOT-128
May 9, 1979 18:29 Pershing FOT-126
May 9, 1979 18:50 Pershing FOT-127
February 12, 1980 15:51 Pershing FOT-131
February 12, 1980 16:27 Pershing FOT-129
April 23, 1980 15:04 Pershing FOT-132
April 23, 1980 15:22 Pershing FOT-133
April 23, 1980 15:39 Pershing FOT-134
April 23, 1980 16:05 Pershing FOT-135
May 7, 1980 14:40 Pershing
May 7, 1980 14:59 Pershing FOT-136
May 7, 1980 15:58 Pershing FOT-137
May 15, 1980 14:51 Pershing FOT-138
4th February 1981 15:00 Pershing FOT-141
4th February 1981 15:33 Pershing FOT-139
4th February 1981 15:53 Pershing FOT-140
17th February 1981 17:15 Pershing FOT-143
17th February 1981 17:51 Pershing FOT-142
17th February 1981 19:17 Pershing FOT-144
April 7, 1981 14:00 Pershing FOT-146
April 7, 1981 14:19 Pershing FOT-147
April 7, 1981 14:40 Pershing FOT-148
January 20, 1982 14:59 Pershing
January 20, 1982 15:19 Pershing
January 20, 1982 19:06 Pershing
February 24, 1982 14:04 Pershing
February 24, 1982 14:55 Pershing
February 24, 1982 15:14 Pershing
March 10, 1982 15:01 Pershing
March 10, 1982 15:17 Pershing
March 10, 1982 16:26 Pershing
July 22, 1982 14:49 Pershing 2 1
January 21, 1983 14:48 Pershing 2 3
February 9, 1983 15:06 Pershing 2 4th
March 28, 1983 15:29 Pershing 2 7th
April 10, 1983 19:55 Pershing
May 27, 1983 14:48 Pershing
June 2nd 1983 14:46 Pershing
July 27, 1983 14:15 Pershing
September 7, 1983 17:04 Pershing
September 23, 1983 12:05 Pershing
September 23, 1983 13:21 Pershing
September 23, 1983 14:34 Pershing
September 23, 1983 14:55 Pershing
September 23, 1983 16:17 Pershing
October 13, 1983 16:25 Pershing
October 13, 1983 16:50 Pershing
October 13, 1983 17:13 Pershing
October 13, 1983 17:43 Pershing
May 16, 1984 14:31 Pershing
7th August 1984 12:00 Pershing
20th September 1984 14:30 Pershing
3rd October 1984 14:22 Pershing
December 16, 1985 13:03 Pershing
17th December 1985 16:02 Pershing
17th December 1985 21:37 Pershing
June 24, 1986 13:56 Pershing
June 24, 1986 15:23 Pershing
June 24, 1986 16:33 Pershing
June 26, 1986 13:05 Pershing
June 26, 1986 16:47 Pershing
March 24, 1987 13:33 Pershing
March 24, 1987 13:52 Pershing
March 24, 1987 14:13 Pershing
March 24, 1987 15:34 Pershing
March 24, 1987 15:54 Pershing
March 24, 1987 16:17 Pershing
May 21, 1987 02:00 Pershing
May 21, 1987 02:19 Pershing
May 21, 1987 02:40 Pershing
May 21, 1987 04:00 Pershing
May 21, 1987 04:33 Pershing
May 21, 1987 04:51 Pershing
July 27, 1987 12:38 Pershing
July 27, 1987 12:57 Pershing
July 27, 1987 15:20 Pershing
July 27, 1987 15:37 Pershing
January 13, 1988 14:01 Pershing
February 15, 1988 13:03 Pershing
February 15, 1988 13:21 Pershing
February 15, 1988 13:42 Pershing
February 15, 1988 15:16 Pershing
February 15, 1988 15:42 Pershing
February 15, 1988 16:01 Pershing
March 21, 1988 13:01 Pershing
March 21, 1988 13:19 Pershing
March 21, 1988 14:13 Pershing
March 21, 1988 15:45 Pershing
March 21, 1988 16:53 Pershing

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eric Berger: Amid heavy competition, Relativity Space secures $ 140 million in funding. In: Ars Technica. October 1, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ apollomissionphotos.com and an email from the author of the latter website.