Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 22
CCAFS LC-22 | |
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Coordinates | 28 ° 27 '40 " N , 80 ° 32' 23" W |
operator | US Air Force |
Launch pads | 1 |
Missiles | Goose , Mace |
First start | March 13, 1957 |
Last start | June 24, 1960 |
Total starts | 23 |
status | inactive |
Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 22 (LC-22) is a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA . It was used from the late 1950s, like the sister ramp LC-21, for the development of the Goose and Mace rockets.
After that, the launch pad was no longer used and was officially shut down in the early 1970s.
Start list
date | Missile type | serial number |
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March 13, 1957 | Goose dummy | |
May 13, 1957 | Goose dummy | |
June 27, 1957 | Goose | 2 |
20th August 1957 | Goose | 3 |
September 26, 1957 | Goose | 4th |
October 27, 1957 | Goose | 5 |
November 27, 1957 | Goose | 6th |
January 31, 1958 | Goose | 7th |
March 18, 1958 | Goose | 9 |
April 18, 1958 | Goose | 10 |
May 15, 1958 | Goose | 8th |
August 28, 1958 | Goose | 13 |
September 18, 1958 | Goose dummy | 4th |
September 30, 1958 | Goose | 14th |
November 14, 1958 | Goose | 15th |
November 28, 1958 | Goose | 18th |
October 29, 1959 | Mace | 56-2884 |
4th December 1959 | Mace | 56-2893 |
February 11, 1960 | Mace | 57-2445 |
March 31, 1960 | Mace | 57-2452 |
April 27, 1960 | Mace | 58-1408 |
June 3, 1960 | Mace | 58-1391 |
June 24, 1960 | Mace | 56-2898 |
Web links
- Cape Canaveral LC22 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)