List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

Map of launch complexes on Merritt Island and Cape Canaveral

Looking east, left-right: LC-41, LC-40, (center) LC-37B, Harrison Island, Vertical Integration Facility, and the ITL Warehouse on CCAFS in 2005

Cape Canaveral and adjacent Merritt Island on Florida's Atlantic coast are home to the USA's Eastern Range, the most active rocket range and spaceport in the country. The Eastern Range hosts two groundside operators: the military Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the civilian Kennedy Space Center. Between them are dozens of launch pads, with several currently in active service and more in planning for activation.

List

Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising three pads—two active (with one under lease) and one inactive. From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009. Since 2017, SpaceX uses Launch Complex 39A to launch their launch vehicles.

Site	Status	Tenant	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 39A	Active	SpaceX	Current: Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy Future: Starship Retired: Saturn V, Space Shuttle Cancelled: Ares V The launch site of all six crewed lunar landing missions of the Apollo Program.	Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Apollo 17, Skylab, STS-1, STS-7, STS-71, STS-88, STS-107, STS-135, Falcon Heavy test flight, Crew Dragon Demo-2, Inspiration4, Psyche, Europa Clipper	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 39B	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	NASATemplate:Efn	Current: Space Launch System Retired: Saturn V, Saturn IB, Space Shuttle, Ares I-X Cancelled: Ares I, OmegA The launch site of the Challenger disaster.	Apollo 10, Skylab 2, Skylab 3, Skylab 4, Apollo-Soyuz, STS-51L, STS-34, STS-31, STS-93, Artemis I	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 39C	Unbuilt		Located within LC-39B. It was intended to be used for small-lift launch vehicles and as a general multipurpose launch site.<ref name="lc39C">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Abandoned in 2016 in favor of building LC-48.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 48	Inactive		LC-48 is designed as a "clean pad" (a reconfigurable facility with no permanent structures) to support various small-lift launch vehicles. It is awaiting its first customer.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 49	Unbuilt		Cancelled: Starship<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Plans were suspended in 2024.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Coord

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), operated by Space Launch Delta 45 of the U.S. Space Force, was the site of all U.S. crewed launches before Apollo 8, as well as many other early Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA launches. For the DoD, it plays a secondary role to Vandenberg SFB in California, but is the launch site for many NASA uncrewed space probes, as those spacecraft are typically launched on United States Space Force launchers. Much of the support activity for CCSFS occurs at Patrick Space Force Base to the south, its reporting base.

Active sites

Site	Tenant	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 11	Blue Origin<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Current: BE-4 test stand Retired: Atlas Part of larger site which includes LC-36.	SCORE	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 12		Current: Storage area for New Glenn Retired: Atlas, Atlas-Able, Atlas-Agena	Mariner 2, Ranger 7, Mariner 4, Mariner 5	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 13	Phantom Space and Vaya Space (de jure) SpaceX (de facto)	Current: Falcon first stage landing zone<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Future: Daytona I, Dauntless<ref name="newlease">Template:Cite tweet</ref> (reconfigured as a clean pad) Retired: Atlas, Atlas Agena, Falcon Heavy landings	Mariner 3, Lunar Orbiter 1, Orbcomm OG2 M2 (landing), Falcon Heavy test flight (landing)	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 36	Blue OriginTemplate:Efn<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Current: New Glenn<ref name=":0" /> Retired: Atlas-Centaur, Atlas G, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III Cancelled: Athena III<ref name="aw20081027">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Blue Ring Pathfinder	Template:Coord
Space Launch Complex 40	SpaceX	Current: Falcon 9 Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan 34D, Commercial Titan III, Titan IV	OPS 0855, ATS-6, Mars Observer, Cassini-Huygens, Dragon C2+, DSCOVR, TESS, Beresheet, Euclid, Hera, SpaceX Crew-9	Template:Coord
Space Launch Complex 41	United Launch Alliance	Current: Atlas V, Vulcan Centaur Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan IIIE, Titan IV	OPS 6911, Helios 1 & 2, Voyager 1 & 2, Viking 1 & 2, New Horizons, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Juno, Mars Science Laboratory, Mars 2020, Lucy, Peregrine Mission One, Boeing Crew Flight Test	Template:Coord
Space Launch Complex 46	Space FloridaTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="spacecom37959">Template:Cite news</ref>	Current: Dark Eagle Future: Rocket 4/5<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Retired: Trident II,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Athena II, Athena I, Minotaur IV,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Orion Abort Test Booster, Rocket 3 SLC-46 is a clean pad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Lunar Prospector, Ascent Abort-2	Template:Coord

Sites leased for future use

Site	Tenant	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 14	Stoke Space<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Future: Nova<ref name="newlease" /> Retired: Atlas, Mercury-Atlas, Atlas-Agena The site of all four crewed Mercury-Atlas launches used for Project Mercury.	Mercury-Atlas 5, Mercury-Atlas 6, Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 8 ATV, Gemini 11 ATV	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 16	Relativity Space<ref name=sn20190117>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Future: Terran R<ref name=sn20230413>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Retired: Titan I, Titan II, Pershing 1a, Pershing II, Terran 1<ref name=sn20230413 />		Template:Coord
Space Launch Complex 20	Firefly AerospaceTemplate:Efn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Future: Alpha,<ref name=nsf20240912>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> EclipseTemplate:Citation needed Retired: Titan I, Titan IIIA, Starbird, Prospector, Aries, LCLV, Super Loki	LES-1, LCS-1	Template:Coord

Inactive and previously used sites

Site	Status	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex A Launch Complex B Launch Complex C Launch Complex D	Demolished	Retired: Matador LC-46 now sits on the site.
Launch Complex 1	Inactive	Retired: Snark, Matador, Aerostat		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 2	Inactive	Retired: Snark, Matador, Aerostat		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 3	Inactive	Retired: Bumper-WAC, BOMARC, Polaris, X-17		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 4	Inactive	Retired: BOMARC, Redstone, Matador, Jason, Draco		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 4A	Inactive	Retired: BOMARC
Launch Complex 5	Inactive	Retired: Jupiter-C, Redstone, Mercury-Redstone. The site of all six crewed and uncrewed Mercury-Redstone launches used for Project Mercury. Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum.	Pioneer 4, Mercury-Redstone 1, Mercury-Redstone 3, Mercury-Redstone 4	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 6	Inactive	Retired: Redstone, Jupiter Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 7 Launch Complex 8	Unbuilt	Would have joined LC-1/2/3/4. No assigned missile assigned to pad, though likely would launch missiles like Snark and Matador. Located at present site of Central Control Road.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 9	Inactive	Retired: Navaho		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 10	Demolished	Retired: Jason, Draco, Nike Tomahawk Demolished to make way for LC-31 and LC-32.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 15	Inactive	Retired: Titan I, Titan II Cancelled: RS1<ref name="newlease" />		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 17A	Demolished	Retired: Thor, Thor-Able, Thor-Ablestar, Thor DSV-2, Delta I, Delta II	Pioneer 1, Explorer 6, OSO-1, Ariel 1, Mars Global Surveyor, Deep Space 1, Mars Climate Orbiter, Stardust, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Genesis, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, Swift Observatory	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 17B	Demolished	Retired: Thor, Thor-Ablestar, Thor DSV-2, Delta I, Delta II, Delta III	Courier 1B, Telstar 1, Syncom 2, NEAR Shoemaker, Mars Pathfinder, WMAP, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, Spitzer Space Telescope, MESSENGER, Deep Impact, Dawn, Kepler Space Telescope
Launch Complex 18	Inactive	Retired: Viking, Vanguard, Thor, Blue Scout Junior, Blue Scout	Vanguard TV-3, Vanguard 1, Vanguard 2, Vanguard 3, Mercury-Scout 1	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 19	Inactive	Retired: Titan I, Titan II GLV. The site of all ten crewed Titan II launches used for Project Gemini.	Gemini 3, Gemini 4, Gemini 7, Gemini 6A, Gemini 8, Gemini 11, Gemini 12	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 21	Inactive	Retired: Goose, Mace		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 22	Inactive	Retired: Goose, Mace		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 23 Launch Complex 24	Inactive	Retired: Triton, Snark Intended to have two pads and a single blockhouse, but only one pad was built and the blockhouse was never built.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 25	Inactive	Retired: Polaris, Poseidon, Trident I		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 26	Inactive	Retired: Jupiter, Redstone Launch site of Explorer 1 - the first successful U.S. satellite. Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum.	Explorer 1	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 27	Unbuilt	Cancelled: G-38 Navaho Intended to have two pads. The Navaho program was cancelled before construction began. Located adjacent to LC-31 and LC-32.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 28	Unbuilt	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 29	Inactive	Retired: Polaris<ref name="polaris">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 30A	Inactive	Retired: Pershing 1		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 30B	Inactive	Cancelled: Pershing 1 Pad has never been built.
Launch Complex 31	Inactive	Retired: Minuteman, Pershing 1a Used as a burial vault for pieces of Space Shuttle Challenger.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 32	Inactive	Retired: Minuteman		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 33	Unbuilt	Cancelled: Titan III X-20 Never built due to cancellation of the Dyna Soar program. SLC-37 now sits on the site.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 34	Inactive	Retired: Saturn I, Saturn IB Site of the Apollo 1 fire.	SA-1, AS-201, Apollo 7	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 35	Unbuilt	Cancelled: Navaho Not built due to the cancellation of the Navaho program.
Launch Complex 36A	Refurbished by Blue Origin, LLC	Retired: Atlas-Centaur,<ref name="aw20081027" />Atlas II<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Surveyor 1, Mariner 7, Pioneer 10, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Pioneer Venus Multiprobe	Template:Coord
Launch Complex 36B	Demolished	Retired: Atlas-Centaur, Atlas G, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III	Surveyor 3, OAO-2, Mariner 6, Mariner 9, Pioneer 11, Mariner 10, SOHO
Launch Complex 37A	Unused	Proposed: Starship Cancelled: Saturn I, Saturn IB Pad has never been used.		Template:Coord
Space Launch Complex 37B	Inactive	Proposed: Starship Retired: Saturn I, Saturn IB, Delta IV,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Delta IV Heavy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	SA-5, AS-101, AS-105, Apollo 5, Exploration Flight Test-1, Parker Solar Probe
Launch Complex 38	Unbuilt	Cancelled: Atlas-Agena, Atlas-Centaur<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Proposed for several Atlas variants, never had any specific location selected.		N/A
Launch Complex 42	Unbuilt	Cancelled: Titan IIIC Proposed as a third pad to the Integrate-Transfer-Launch Complex. Cancelled because it would have been too close to LC-39A.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 43	Demolished	Retired: Super Loki Demolished to make way for SLC-46.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 44	Demolished	Retired: Dragon<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Demolished to make way for the submarine facility at Port Canaveral.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 45	Demolished	Cancelled: Roland Construction plans scrapped before any missiles were launched. LC-46 now sits on the site.		Template:Coord
Launch Complex 47	Inactive	Retired: Sounding Rockets, Super Loki, Super Loki Lite Star, LOFT-1<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>		Template:Coord

Other sites

Site	Status	Uses	Coordinates
Atlantic Missile Range drop zone	Inactive	Retired: High Virgo, Bold Orion, Hound Dog, Skybolt
Grand Turk Auxiliary AFB, Grand Turk Island drop zone	Inactive	Retired: Arcas (All-Purpose Rocket for Collecting Atmospheric Soundings)
Mobile Launch Area	Inactive	Retired: Lark, Matador, Snark<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Eastern SLBM Launch Area	Active	Current: Trident II Retired: Polaris, Poseidon, Trident
Shuttle Landing Facility	Active	Current: X-37B landings Retired: Space Shuttle landings, Pegasus	Template:Coord
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip	Active	Current: Pegasus XL Retired: Navaho, Pegasus	Template:Coord
Patrick Space Force Base	Inactive	Retired: Matador

See also

• Air Force Space and Missile Museum
• List of Vandenberg Space Force Base launch facilities

External links

• Encyclopedia Astronautica entry
• Google Earth Merritt Island Tour