Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex Dec.

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CCAFS LC-31
Coordinates 28 ° 27 '5 "  N , 80 ° 33' 22"  W 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
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 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
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

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