What is Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 36?

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An Atlas III launches from LC-36B
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. It was speculated that the SpaceX Falcon launch vehicles might use the launch site, however when the decision to build a Falcon launch site at Canaveral was made, LC-40 was chosen instead.

The complex consisted of two pads, LC-36A and B. Notably, the complex was the launch site for the Pioneer, Surveyor, and Mariner probes. There were 69 and 76 launches from pads 36A and 36B, respectively.

Demolition

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The MSS of Launch Complex 36A falls to the ground after critical supports are destroyed in a controlled explosion. (NASA)
The umbilical towers of both pads were demolished during the autumn of 2006. The mobile service towers were both demolished in controlled explosions on June 16, 2007. Tower B was demolished at 13:59 GMT (09:59 EDT) and tower A followed ten minutes later at 14:11 (10:11 EDT).

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Location: Merritt Island, Florida, USA

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

Added to NRHP: April 16, 1984
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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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Merritt Island, Florida
Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida
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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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Key people Elon Musk: CEO and CTO
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) is a Launch Site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The site was used by the US Air Force, for Titan III and Titan IV launches.
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Atlas II

Launch of an Atlas II rocket. (NASA)
Fact sheet
Function Medium expendable Launch vehicle
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Country of origin USA
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Height 47.54 m (156 ft)
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Atlas III

The maiden flight of the Atlas III
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Function Medium expendable Launch vehicle
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Country of origin USA
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Height 52.8 m (173.2 ft)
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Much of the support activity for CCAFS occurs at nearby Patrick Air Force Base.
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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 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.
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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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