Launch Complex 5 is currently active, and has witnessed the launch of 13 rockets, including 7 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1000 rocket launches, with a tally of 59 booster landings recorded.

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 (LC-5) was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida used for various Redstone and Jupiter launches. It is most well known as the launch site for NASA's 1961 suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 flight, which made Alan Shepard the first American in space.

It is located south of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum in a separate building and near the upright rocket still on the launch pad. The outside of the blockhouse building has a large sign with a quote by Astronaut Alan Shepard right next to a …

Space Launch Complex 5 Highlights. Single pad; 1961 – Construction began to support the Scout rocket; April 1962 – Operational supporting launches for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Space Defense activities; 26 April 1962 – First launch, Scout; 8 May 1994 – Last launch, Scout ...

2 days ago · Update 5:10 p.m.: Thick, opaque sea fog greatly obscured this morning's SpaceX Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. And the National Weather Service warns fog will remain a ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, is located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Apr 13, 2024 · Launch complexes at Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island; Launch pads of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; Former rocket launch sites

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.. Headquartered at the nearby Patrick Space Force Base, the station is the primary launch site for the Space Force's Eastern Range [5] with three launch pads currently active (Space Launch Complexes 40, 41 and 46).

2 days ago · SpaceX's Starlink 12-3 mission launched at 5:15 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 during a National Weather Service dense fog advisory — with meteorologists warning motorists that visibility could ...

It is located south of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum in a separate building and near the upright rocket still on the launch pad. The outside of the blockhouse building has a large sign with a quote by Astronaut Alan Shepard right next to a …