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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 6

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center
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LC-39B
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LC-39A
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LC-48
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SLC-41
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SLC-40
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LC-47
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SLC-37
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LC-34
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SLC-20
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LC-19
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LC-16
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LC-15
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LC-14
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LC-13 (LZ-1 & LZ-2)
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LC-11
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LC-36
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LC-1, LC-2, LC-3, and LC-4
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SLC-46
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LC-21 and LC-22
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LC-31 and LC-32
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LC-18
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SLC-17
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LC-26
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LC-5 and LC-6
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LC-30
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LC-25
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LC-29

Launch Complex 6 (LC-6) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida is a launch site used by Redstone and Jupiter series rockets and missiles.[1] It is on the south end of Cape Canaveral, close to Launch Complex 5, with which it shared a blockhouse.[2][3] With LC-5, it was the location of the first tests of the mobile launch concept designed by Kurt H. Debus.[citation needed] This concept was revised and improved and eventually used at LC-39 for the Saturn V and Space Shuttle.

LC-6 was deactivated in 1961.[1] The blockhouse and a 61.96 m (203.3 ft) square concrete pad are the only parts of the complex that remain intact,[3] although the mobile service tower was under restoration as of 2011. The complex is part of the "Cape Canaveral: Then and Now" tour, available from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

  • Blockhouse (2010)
    Blockhouse (2010)
  • Firing button (2010)
    Firing button (2010)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Cape Canaveral LC6". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  2. ^ "Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum". ccspacemuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  3. ^ a b "Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum". ccspacemuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.