Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
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Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is the first of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. The pad, along with Launch Complex 39B, was first designed to accommodate the Saturn V launch vehicle. Typically used to launch NASA's crewed spaceflight missions since the late 1960s, the pad was leased by SpaceX and has been modified to support their launch vehicles.[2][3]
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Launch site | Kennedy Space Center | ||||||||||||
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Location | Merritt Island, Florida | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°36′30.2″N 80°36′15.6″W | ||||||||||||
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Orbital inclination range | 28–62° | ||||||||||||
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Launch Complex 39--Pad A | |||||||||||||
Area | 160 acres (65 ha) | ||||||||||||
Built | 1964–1968 | ||||||||||||
MPS | John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 99001638[1] | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | January 21, 2000 | ||||||||||||
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