Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 34

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CCAFS LC-34
SA-4 before takeoff on March 28, 1963
SA-4 before takeoff on March 28, 1963
Coordinates 28 ° 31 ′ 19 ″  N , 80 ° 33 ′ 41 ″  W Coordinates: 28 ° 31 ′ 19 ″  N , 80 ° 33 ′ 41 ″  W
Type Orbital Launch Site
operator NASA
Launch pads 1
Min. Inclination 28 °
Max. Inclination 57 °
Missiles Saturn
First start October 27, 1961 (Apollo SA-1)
Last start October 11, 1968 (Apollo 7)
Total starts 7th
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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LC34 in front of the start of a Saturn I with blue rain protection

Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) is a disused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA .

Construction of the launch complex began in June 1959. It was built together with Launch Complex 37 as part of the Apollo program for the launch of the Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets.

Between 1961 and 1968, four Saturn I and three Saturn IB were launched from here. The launch complex was then held ready for a possible launch as part of the Skylab program. However, it was later decided to use the LC-39 launch complex . LC-34 was then decommissioned in November 1971.

On January 27, 1967, the AS-204 mission (later referred to as Apollo 1 ) struck a catastrophe in which space travelers Virgil Grissom , Edward White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire. Today a plaque commemorates this catastrophe.

On October 11, 1968, the first manned and final LC-34 mission started with Apollo 7 . This was also the last manned US take-off that did not take place from the LC-39.

On April 16, 1984, LC-34 was declared a National Historic Landmark as part of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station .

It can be viewed on the Cape Canaveral: Then & Now Tour from the Kennedy Space Center visitor center.

Start list

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type serial number Mission / payload Remarks
October 27, 1961 15:06 Saturn I SA-1 SA-1 First start of a Saturn I
April 25, 1962 14:00 Saturn I SA-2 SA-2
November 16, 1962 17:45 Saturn I SA-3 SA-3
March 28, 1963 20:11 Saturn I SA-4 SA-4
February 26, 1966 16:12 Saturn IB AS-201 AS-201 First start of a Saturn IB and Apollo CSM
August 25, 1966 17:15 Saturn IB AS-202 AS-202
October 11, 1968 15:02 Saturn IB AS-205 Apollo 7 First manned Apollo launch

Web links

Commons : Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Florida. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2019.