Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 19th
| CCAFS LC-19 | |
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| LC-19 on June 23, 1965 with the Titan II rocket (Mission: Gemini 4) | |
| Coordinates | 28 ° 30 '24 " N , 80 ° 33' 17" W |
| Type | Orbital Launch Site |
| operator | NASA (USA) |
| start of building | February 1959 |
| Launch pads | 1 |
| Missiles |
Titan 1 Titan 2 |
 
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Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) is a decommissioned NASA launch pad that is part of the ICBM launch pad group and belongs to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . It is located on Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA .
history
LC-19 was built together with launch sites 15 , 16 , and 20 in early 1959.
The first launch took place on August 14, 1959. However, the Titan-1 rocket exploded on the launch pad. Another 14 Titan-1 were launched in the next few years, two of which were unsuccessful.
The first Titan-2 with Gemini 1 took off on April 8, 1964. As with the Gemini 2 , there were no people on board yet; one wanted to observe this new launch system (Titan 2 with Gemini spaceship) first.
After these two test flights, Gemini 3 was finally able to take off on March 23 with Virgil Grissom and John Young . This was followed by Gemini 4 to Gemini 12 . Then the launch pad was shut down.
Since these milestones in space travel, the ramp has been falling apart. The launch tower was removed; the service structure is rusting. The White Room through which the astronauts boarded the Gemini spacecraft has been restored and can be viewed in the “CCAFS Space and Missile Museum”.
The complex
The launch pad is on an artificially elevated level. An immovable tower supplied the rocket with fuel, among other things. Next to her is a slightly larger service tower on which the White Room was located. This was folded into a vertical position so that the astronauts could climb into the spaceship. Before the start it was put back into the horizontal parking position.
Next to the launch pad is the “block house”. It was the mission control center.
Start list
| date | Time ( UTC ) | Missile type | serial number | Mission / payload | Remarks |
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| August 14, 1959 | 16:00 | Titanium 1 | B-5 | False start (first start of a Titan I, rocket exploded on the launch pad) | |
| February 2, 1960 | 18:08 | Titanium 1 | B-7A | ||
| August 10, 1960 | 22:46 | Titanium 1 | J-7 | Mk4 re-entry body | |
| September 28, 1960 | Titanium 1 | J-8 | Mk4 re-entry body | ||
| October 24, 1960 | 23:16 | Titanium 1 | J-6 | Mk4 re-entry body | |
| January 20, 1961 | 20:53 | Titanium 1 | AJ-10 | Mk4 re-entry body | False start |
| February 20, 1961 | Titanium 1 | AJ-13 | Mk4 re-entry body | ||
| March 28, 1961 | Titanium 1 | AJ-14 | Mk4 re-entry body | ||
| June 24, 1961 | 03:28 | Titanium 1 | M-1 | Mk4 re-entry body | |
| July 25, 1961 | 19:05 | Titanium 1 | M-2 | Mk4 re-entry body | |
| September 8, 1961 | Titanium 1 | M-3 | Mk4 re-entry body | ||
| October 7, 1961 | 01:30 | Titanium 1 | M-4 | Mk4 re-entry body | |
| November 29, 1961 | Titanium 1 | M-5 | Mk4 re-entry body | ||
| December 15, 1961 | Titanium 1 | M-6 | Mk4 re-entry body | ||
| January 29, 1962 | 23:30 | Titanium 1 | M-7 | Mk4 re-entry body | |
| April 8, 1964 | 16:00 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 1 | ||
| January 19, 1965 | 14:04 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 2 | ||
| March 23, 1965 | 14:24 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 3 | ||
| June 3, 1965 | 15:16 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 4 | ||
| August 21, 1965 | 14:00 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 5 | ||
| 4th December 1965 | 7:30 p.m. | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 7 | ||
| December 15, 1965 | 13:37 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 6 | ||
| March 16, 1966 | 16:41 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 8 | ||
| 3rd June 1966 | 13:39 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 9 | ||
| July 18, 1966 | 22:20 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 10 | ||
| September 12, 1966 | 14:42 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 11 | ||
| November 11, 1966 | 20:46 | Titan 2 GLV | Gemini 12 |
Web links
- Cape Canaveral LC19 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- LC-19 19 in the CCAFS tour (English)
- Pictures of LC-19 (English)