Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 32
CCAFS LC-32 | |
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Coordinates | 28 ° 27 ′ 11 ″ N , 80 ° 33 ′ 17 ″ W |
Type | Orbital Launch Site |
operator | US Air Force |
start of building | 1959 |
Launch pads | 2 (32A, 32B) |
Missiles | Minuteman |
First start | August 30, 1961 |
Last start | December 14, 1970 |
Total starts | 53 |
status | inactive |
Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 32 (LC-32) is a decommissioned launch complex of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA and consists of the LC-32A launch pad and the LC-32B missile silo .
LC-32, together with its sister complex LC-31 in the 1960s by the US Air Force for testing and development flights of all generations of the Minuteman - ICBM used. In contrast to the LC-31, the LC-32 only used the rocket silo for takeoffs. The launch pad LC-32A was built, but it was never launched from there.
Start list
date | Time ( UTC ) | Pad | Missile type | serial number |
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August 30, 1961 | 18:30 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 404 |
17th November 1961 | 15:15 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 405 |
March 23, 1962 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 411 | |
April 24, 1962 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 412 | |
May 11, 1962 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 413 | |
May 18, 1962 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 414 | |
June 8, 1962 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 415 | |
June 29, 1962 | 05:40 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 416 |
August 9, 1962 | 15:45 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 418 |
7th December 1962 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 424 | |
December 21, 1962 | 00:35 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 426 |
January 23, 1963 | 18:10 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 419 |
20th February 1963 | 32B | Minuteman 1A | 421B | |
March 27, 1963 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 419A | |
May 18, 1963 | 17:15 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 425B |
June 6, 1963 | 03:15 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 427 |
July 1, 1963 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 431 | |
July 16, 1963 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 430 | |
5th August 1963 | 16:30 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 433 |
November 7, 1963 | 17:00 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 434 |
December 19, 1963 | 06:00 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 447 |
January 16, 1964 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 438 | |
February 13, 1964 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 436 | |
February 28, 1964 | 02:04 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 439 |
March 13, 1964 | 17:05 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 440 |
March 31, 1964 | 02:33 | 32B | Minuteman 1B | 441 |
September 24, 1964 | 16:04 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 449 |
October 29, 1964 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 450 | |
December 15, 1964 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 451 | |
May 8, 1965 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 455 | |
May 26, 1965 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 456 | |
4th August 1965 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 457 | |
September 24, 1965 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 458 | |
5th January 1966 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 461 | |
July 9, 1966 | 02:30 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 463 |
January 18, 1967 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 464 | |
February 25, 1967 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 465 | |
17th August 1967 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 466 | |
November 7, 1967 | 00:56 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 467 |
7th February 1968 | 32B | Minuteman 2 | 468 | |
16th August 1968 | 20:30 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-201 |
October 24, 1968 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-202 | |
May 27, 1969 | 20:55 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-205 |
June 25, 1969 | 20:30 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-206 |
November 6, 1969 | 20:00 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-209 |
4th December 1969 | 20:00 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-210 |
March 13, 1970 | 20:30 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-212 |
3rd April 1970 | 20:30 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-213 |
April 29, 1970 | 16:02 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-214 |
May 27, 1970 | 15:59 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | FTM-215 |
September 16, 1970 | 20:30 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | STM-1 |
2nd December 1970 | 18:02 | 32B | Minuteman 3 | STM-3 |
December 14, 1970 | 3:30 p.m. | 32B | Minuteman 3 | STM-2 |
Web links
- Cape Canaveral LC32A and LC32B in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)