Space Launch Complex 46

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CCAFS SLC-46
Coordinates 28 ° 27 ′ 31 ″  N , 80 ° 31 ′ 42 ″  W Coordinates: 28 ° 27 ′ 31 ″  N , 80 ° 31 ′ 42 ″  W
Type Orbital Launch Site
operator Space Florida , Northrop Grumman
start of building 1984
Launch pads 1
Missiles Trident , Athena , Minotaur
First start January 15, 1987
status active
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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The Space Launch Complex 46 ( SLC-46 ; formerly Launch Complex 46 , LC-46) is a rocket launch site operated by Space Florida on the grounds of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island , Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA .

SLC-46 was built in 1984 and by the US Navy to test the Trident - ICBM used. After the end of the Trident test program, the complex was rebuilt in the late 1990s and then used to launch the Athena rocket.

The launch pad is used today for the Minotaur . It was also planned to use it for the Kleinstrakete Vector-R .

Start list

As of December 31, 2019

date Time ( UTC ) Missile type serial number Mission / payload Remarks
January 15, 1987 15:25 Trident D-5 D5X-1
March 17, 1987 17:25 Trident D-5 D5X-2
April 30, 1987 20:44 Trident D-5 D5X-3
June 12, 1987 22:45 Trident D-5 D5X-5
July 20, 1987 8:45 pm Trident D-5 D5X-6
September 8, 1987 22:01 Trident D-5 D5X-4
October 6, 1987 17:02 Trident D-5 D5X-8
December 11, 1987 13:26 Trident D-5 D5X-10
January 21, 1988 10:08 Trident D-5 D5X-9
April 7, 1988 04:59 Trident D-5 D5X-11
April 28, 1988 04:52 Trident D-5 D5X-12
May 26, 1988 02:07 Trident D-5 D5X-7
July 7, 1988 22:38 Trident D-5 D5X-13
August 27, 1988 8:04 p.m. Trident D-5 D5X-14
September 19, 1988 17:44 Trident D-5 D5X-15
November 7, 1988 16:30 Trident D-5 D5X-18
December 16, 1988 12:49 Trident D-5 D5X-17
January 9, 1989 10:52 Trident D-5 D5X-19
January 26, 1989 09:07 Trident D-5 D5X-20
January 7, 1998 02:28 Athena-2 LM-004 Lunar Prospector
January 16, 1999 00:34 Athena-1 LM-006 FORMOSAT-1 First Taiwanese satellite
26th August 2017 06:04 Minotaur IV ORS-5
2nd July 2019 11:00 ATB Orion - mock-up Start abort test

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cape Canaveral Spaceport Master Plan. (PDF) Spaceport Florida, January 2017, accessed on March 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ Space Florida Vector R-ing in on new launch provider from Cape Canaveral. In: Spaceflight Insider. March 25, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Stephen Clark: Live coverage: NASA conducts Orion abort test over Cape Canaveral. In: Spaceflight Now. July 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .