Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36
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Launch Complex 36 (LC-36)—formerly known as Space Launch Complex 36 (SLC-36) from 1997 to 2010—is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. It was used for Atlas launches by NASA and the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until 2005.[1][2]
Launch site | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28°28′14″N 80°32′24″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short name | LC-36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total launches | 145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launch pad(s) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Orbital inclination range | 28° - 57° | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blue Origin has leased the launch site since 2015 in order to build a new launch site for launching the company's orbital rockets. Orbital launches are expected to begin from LC-36 no earlier than 2024,[3] and the first launch vehicle slated to launch there is New Glenn, under development by Blue Origin since 2012.[4]The full vehicle was first unveiled on the launch pad on 21 February 2024.[5]
Historically, the complex consisted of two launch pads, SLC-36A and SLC-36B, and was the launch site for the Pioneer, Surveyor, and Mariner probes in the 1960s and 1970s.[6] There were a total of 145 launches from LC-36 during the period that the US government operated the launch complex in the first five decades of spaceflight.[7] The Atlas rockets launched from Complex 36 were subsequently superseded by the Atlas V launch vehicle, which, as of September 2023, launches from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral since beginning in 2002.[8]