Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex Dec.
CCAFS LC-31 | |
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Coordinates | 28 ° 27 '5 " N , 80 ° 33' 22" W |
Type | Orbital Launch Site |
operator | US Air Force |
start of building | 1959 |
Launch pads | 2 (31A, 31B) |
Missiles | Minuteman , Pershing 1 |
First start | February 1, 1961 |
Last start | March 19, 1973 |
Total starts | 51 |
status | inactive |
Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 31 (LC-31) is a decommissioned launch complex of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA and consists of the LC-31A launch pad and the LC-31B missile silo .
LC-31, together with its sister complex LC-32 in the 1960s by the US Air Force for testing and development flights of all generations of the Minuteman - ICBM used.
Beginning 1973 years was pad 31A for a short time by the US Army to test the Pershing 1 - medium-range missile used.
The wreckage of the space shuttle Challenger is stored in the silo .
Start list
date | Time ( UTC ) | Pad | Missile type | serial number |
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February 1, 1961 | 15:59 | 31A | Minuteman 1A | 401 |
May 19, 1961 | 14:18 | 31A | Minuteman 1A | 402 |
July 27, 1961 | 15:09 | 31A | Minuteman 1A | 403 |
December 18, 1961 | 13:04 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 406 |
5th January 1962 | 15:00 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 407 |
January 25, 1962 | 15:00 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 408 |
February 15, 1962 | 15:35 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 410 |
March 8, 1962 | 15:24 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 409 |
July 12, 1962 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 417 | |
September 18, 1962 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 421 | |
20th September 1962 | 04:30 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 420 |
October 18, 1962 | 00:53 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 422 |
November 19, 1962 | 31B | Minuteman 1A | 421A | |
December 15, 1962 | 03:00 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 423 |
7th January 1963 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 423A | |
March 18, 1963 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 425 | |
April 11, 1963 | 04:30 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 425A |
May 29, 1963 | 03:45 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 428 |
June 28, 1963 | 02:34 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 429 |
July 24, 1963 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 432 | |
August 27, 1963 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 435 | |
November 13, 1963 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 446 | |
January 28, 1964 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 448 | |
February 26, 1964 | 01:30 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 437 |
March 20, 1964 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 442 | |
April 7, 1964 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 443 | |
April 24, 1964 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 444 | |
September 29, 1964 | 31B | Minuteman 1B | 445 | |
December 19, 1964 | 00:07 | 31B | Minuteman 2 | 452 |
January 29, 1965 | 31B | Minuteman 2 | 453 | |
August 23, 1965 | 20:00 | 31B | Minuteman 2 | 454 |
October 1, 1965 | 31B | Minuteman 2 | 459 | |
February 11, 1966 | 01:00 | 31B | Minuteman 2 | 460 |
April 1, 1966 | 31B | Minuteman 2 | 462 | |
March 26, 1969 | 20:47 | 31B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-203 |
April 22, 1969 | 31B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-204 | |
July 31, 1969 | 21:09 | 31B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-207 |
23rd September 1969 | 20:10 | 31B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-208 |
March 14, 1970 | 18:00 | 31A | M55E1 | |
February 21, 1973 | 15:05 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 101 X-240 |
February 21, 1973 | 15:37 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 102 X-241 |
February 21, 1973 | 16:30 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 103 X-242 |
February 21, 1973 | 17:06 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 104 X-243 |
March 6, 1973 | 23:28 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 105 X-244 |
March 6, 1973 | 23:48 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 106 X-245 |
March 7, 1973 | 00:22 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 107 X-246 |
March 7, 1973 | 00:50 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 108 X-247 |
March 19, 1973 | 16:02 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 111 X-248 |
March 19, 1973 | 16:16 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 112 X-249 |
March 19, 1973 | 17:20 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 109 X-250 |
March 19, 1973 | 17:52 | 31A | Pershing 1A | 110 X-251 |
Web links
- LC-31A and LC-31B in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)