Launch Complex 9 (LC-9) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is a launch pad on

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in Florida. It is north of Launch Complex 17. It is a small concrete structure consisting of an elevated launch pedestal and flame trench, centered on a small oval-shaped concrete pad. It was used for ten test launches of SM-64 Navaho missiles. The Navaho was a

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. In addition to LC-9, Navaho tests were also conducted at LC-10 and

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. The Navaho was cancelled after poor performance in testing, eight of the eleven test launches of the final prototype failed. All of the failed launches were conducted from LC-9. , the concrete launch structure is still standing, but is not maintained; and the launch support equipment has been removed. The site is not accessible to the general public.

References

Encyclopedia Astronautics: Navaho

External links

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station {{rocket-stub

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