Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39

Launch Complex 39

Aerial view of Launch Complex 39; Pad B is on the left, Pad A on the right.
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center
Location	28°36′30.2″N 80°36′15.6″W / 28.608389°N 80.604333°W / 28.608389; -80.604333
Short name	LC-39
Operator	NASA
Total launches	154 (13 Saturn V, 4 Saturn IB, 135 Shuttle, 1 Ares I, 1 Falcon 9)
Launch pad(s)	3
Min / max orbital inclination	28°–62°
Pad 39A launch history Status Active Launches 93 (12 Saturn V, 80 Shuttle, 1 Falcon 9) First launch November 9, 1967 Saturn V / Apollo 4 Last launch February 19, 2017 Falcon 9 / CRS-10 Associated rockets Saturn V (former) Space Shuttle (former) Falcon 9 Full Thrust (current) Falcon Heavy (future) Interplanetary Transport System (future) Pad 39B launch history Status Facility modifications underway for late 2018 SLS launch Launches 59 (1 Saturn V, 4 Saturn IB, 53 Shuttle, 1 Ares I-X) First launch May 18, 1969 Saturn V / Apollo 10 Last launch October 28, 2009 Ares I-X Associated rockets Saturn V (former) Saturn IB (former) Space Shuttle (former) Ares I-X (former) Space Launch System (future) Pad 39C launch history Status Completed June 2015 Launches To be determined Associated rockets Small class vehicles

Launch Complex 39
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida
Area	7,000 acres (2,800 ha)
Built	1967
MPS	John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS
NRHP Reference #	73000568
Added to NRHP	May 24, 1973

Launch Complex 39--Pad A
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida
Area	160 acres (65 ha)
Built	1965
Architect	Bendix-Boeing
MPS	John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS
NRHP Reference #	99001638
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2000

Launch Complex 39--Pad B
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida
Area	160 acres (65 ha)
Built	1966
Architect	Bendix-Boeing
MPS	John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS
NRHP Reference #	99001639
Added to NRHP	January 21, 2000

Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection of facilities were originally built for the Apollo program, and later modified for the Space Shuttle program. As of 2017, only Launch Complex 39A is active, launching SpaceX's Falcon 9. LC-39 is also being modified to support launches of the SpaceX's Dragon 2 and Falcon Heavy, as well as NASA's Space Launch System, with a new, smaller pad, C, added to support smaller launches.

Launch Complex 39 is composed of three launch pads—39A, 39B and 39C, a Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), a Crawlerway used by crawler-transporters to carry Mobile Launcher Platforms between the VAB and the pads, Orbiter Processing Facility buildings, a Launch Control Center which contains the firing rooms, a news facility famous for the iconic countdown clock seen in television coverage and photos, and various logistical and operational support buildings.

SpaceX leases Launch Pad 39A from NASA and has modified the pad to support Falcon Heavy launches in 2017 and beyond.NASA began modifying Launch Pad 39B in 2007 to accommodate the now defunct Project Constellation, and is currently preparing it for the Space Launch System with first launch scheduled for 2018. Pad C was originally planned but never built for Apollo, and would have been a copy of pads 39A and 39B. A smaller pad, designated 39C was constructed from January to June 2015 to accommodate small-class vehicles.