Short name LC-3 Launch pad 1 Total launches 77 | Status Inactive Operator United States Air Force | |
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Location Cape Canaveral, Florida First launch Bumper-8 (July 24, 1950) Last launch BOMARC (August 12, 1959) Associated
rockets Bumper
BOMARC
UGM-27 Polaris
Lockheed X-17 Launch site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station | ||
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) is a deactivated US Air Force launch site southeast of SLC-36 on Cape Canaveral, Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was constructed, with launch complexes 1, 2, and 4, in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program.
It was formerly used to launch Bumper, BOMARC, UGM-27 Polaris, and Lockheed X-17 missiles. The pad was also the site of the first launch from Cape Canaveral, a Bumper rocket on July 24, 1950. The site also served as a medical support facility during Project Mercury.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 3 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA