Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) is a deactivated launch site on the eastern tip of
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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 ...
, Florida. It was constructed, with launch complexes
2,
3, and
4, in the early 1950s for the
Snark missile program.
The first launch from this site was a Snark test, conducted on January 13, 1955. The complex was used for Snark missions until 1960, and then was utilized as a
helicopter pad
A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.
While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...
during
Project Mercury. The final use of the site was from 1983 to 1989 for
tethered aerostat balloon radar missions.
References
External links
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
1950s establishments in Florida
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