What is Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14?

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) was a Launch Site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The site was used for various Atlas launches.

It is most well known as the launch site for NASAs Mercury-Atlas 6 flight, which made John H. Glenn the first American in orbit. It was also the launch site of the other Mercury-Atlas flights, and various unmanned Atlas launches.

Later, it was the site for Atlas-Agena launches, with the Gemini Agena Target Vehicle (GATV), for Project Gemini.

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Gemini program
Main articlesProject Gemini
MissionsGemini 1 Gemini 2 Gemini 3 Gemini 4 Gemini 5 Gemini 7 Gemini 6A Gemini 8 Gemini 9A Gemini 10 Gemini 11 Gemini 12
ComponentsGemini spacecraft Titan rocket Agena Target Vehicle
Launch sitesCape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
DevelopmentsManned Orbital Development System Manned Orbital Laboratory Blue Gemini Big Gemini
Location: Merritt Island, Florida, USA

Coordinates: _ ]
Area: 1325 acres[]
Built/Founded: 1950+[1]

Added to NRHP: April 16, 1984
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Much of the support activity for CCAFS occurs at nearby Patrick Air Force Base.
  • Launch Complex 1, inactive, Snark, Matador, Aerostat
  • Launch Complex 2, inactive, Snark, Matador, Aerostat
  • Launch Complex 3, inactive, Bumper-WAC, BOMARC, Polaris, X-17,

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Merritt Island, Florida
Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida
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State Florida
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Cape Canaveral from the spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic coast at and is also 45 minutes East of Orlando by car.
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SM-65 Atlas was a missile built by the Convair Division of General Dynamics. Originally designed as an ICBM in the late 1950s, Atlas was the foundation for a family of successful space launch vehicles now built by United Launch Alliance.
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Formed 29 July 1958

Headquarters Washington D.C.

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    Mass: 1,352 kg
  • Perigee: 159 km
  • Apogee: 265 km
  • Inclination: 32.5°
  • Period: 88.5 min

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The Mercury 6 mission was the first attempt by the U.S. and Mercury program to place an astronaut in orbit.
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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the Earth. The Mercury-Atlas 6 flight on February 20, 1962 was the first Mercury flight to achieve this goal.
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Agena (designated RM-81 by the USAF) was a rocket upper stage developed by Lockheed for the ill-fated WS-117L US reconnaissance satellite program. It lived on to see extensive use as the upper stage/spacecraft for the Corona spy satellite program and as an upper stage on the Thor,
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Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the United States of America. It operated between Projects Mercury and Apollo, with 10 manned flights occurring in 1965 and 1966.
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Merritt Island, Florida
Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Florida
County Brevard
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Much of the support activity for CCAFS occurs at nearby Patrick Air Force Base.
  • Launch Complex 1, inactive, Snark, Matador, Aerostat
  • Launch Complex 2, inactive, Snark, Matador, Aerostat
  • Launch Complex 3, inactive, Bumper-WAC, BOMARC, Polaris, X-17,

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SM-65 Atlas was a missile built by the Convair Division of General Dynamics. Originally designed as an ICBM in the late 1950s, Atlas was the foundation for a family of successful space launch vehicles now built by United Launch Alliance.
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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the Earth. The Mercury-Atlas 6 flight on February 20, 1962 was the first Mercury flight to achieve this goal.
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Much of the support activity for CCAFS occurs at nearby Patrick Air Force Base.
  • Launch Complex 1, inactive, Snark, Matador, Aerostat
  • Launch Complex 2, inactive, Snark, Matador, Aerostat
  • Launch Complex 3, inactive, Bumper-WAC, BOMARC, Polaris, X-17,

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Location: Merritt Island, Florida, USA

Coordinates: _ ]
Area: 1325 acres[]
Built/Founded: 1950+[1]

Added to NRHP: April 16, 1984
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This article contains information regarding a spaceport which is either currently in the process of launching, or is scheduled to launch within the next week.
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Launch Complex 1

Launch Site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location 28.465018°N
80.537488°W
Short name LC-1
Operator US Air Force
Total launches ~66
Launch pads 1
Minimum/Maximum

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Launch Complex 2

Launch Site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location 28.465683°N
80.536882°W
Short name LC-2
Operator US Air Force
Total launches 15
Launch pads 1
Minimum/Maximum

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 (LC-5) was a Launch Site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The site was used for various Redstone and Jupiter launches.
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Launch Complex 17

The first stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket, which launched NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), is lifted into a vertical position for installation into the mobile service tower at Pad 17B

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) is a launch site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Notably, it was used by NASA to launch all of the Gemini manned spaceflights. It was also used by unmanned Titan I and Titan II launch vehicles.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 20 (SLC-20), previously Launch Complex 20 (LC-20), is a launch site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Launch Complex 34

LC-34 with Saturn I rocket SA-4 on 28 March 1963

Launch Site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location 28.52182°N
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) was a launch complex at Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, Florida. The complex was used for the Atlas rocket between 1962 and 2005.
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Launch Complex 37

The launch of GOES-N atop a Delta IV, from LC-37B in 2006

Launch Site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location 28.531986°N
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