Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 34
CCAFS LC-34 | |
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SA-4 before takeoff on March 28, 1963 | |
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 |
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 |
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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
- Cape Canaveral LC34 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Florida. National Park Service , accessed July 20, 2019.