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Launch Pad 39-A

Launch Complex 39
VAB Aerial - GPN-2000-000869.jpg
Aerial view of Launch Complex 39, showing the Vehicle Assembly Building (front), and launch pads 39B (back left) and 39A (back 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 160 (13 Saturn V, 4 Saturn IB, 135 Shuttle, 1 Ares I, 7 Falcon 9), as of June 25, 2017
Launch pad(s) 3
Min / max
orbital inclination
28°–62°
Pad 39A launch history
Status Active
Launches 101 (12 Saturn V, 82 Shuttle, 7 Falcon 9)
First launch November 9, 1967
Saturn V / Apollo 4
Last launch June 23, 2017
Falcon 9 / BulgariaSat-1
Associated
rockets
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
Pad 39C launch history
Status Completed June 2015
Launches To be determined
Associated
rockets
Small class vehicles
Pad 39A launch history
Status Active
Launches 101 (12 Saturn V, 82 Shuttle, 7 Falcon 9)
First launch November 9, 1967
Saturn V / Apollo 4
Last launch June 23, 2017
Falcon 9 / BulgariaSat-1
Associated
rockets
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
Pad 39C launch history
Status Completed June 2015
Launches To be determined
Associated
rockets
Small class vehicles
Launch Complex 39
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 is located in Florida
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 is located in the US
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
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 (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.


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