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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37

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Short name
  
SLC-37

Status
  
Demolished

Address
  
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Launch pad
  
2

Min / max orbital inclination
  
28° - 57°

First launch
  
Unused

Phone
  
+1 321-853-9171

Total launches
  
35

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37

Location
  
28.531986°N 80.566821°W

Operator
  
United States Air Force

Launch site
  
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Similar
  
Cape Canaveral Air Force, Kennedy Space Center La, Spaceport Florida Launch C, Cape Canaveral Air Force, Cape Canaveral Air Force

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37), previously Launch Complex 37 (LC-37), is a launch complex on Cape Canaveral, Florida. Construction began in 1959 and the site was accepted by NASA to support the Saturn I program in 1963. The complex consists of two launch pads. LC-37A has never been used, but LC-37B launched unmanned Saturn I flights (1964 to 1965) and was modified and launched Saturn IB flights (1966 to 1968), including the first (unmanned) test of the Apollo Lunar Module in space. It was deactivated in 1972. In 2001 it was modified as the launch site for Delta IV, a launch system operated by United Launch Alliance.

The original layout of the launch complex featured one Mobile Service Structure which could be used to service or mate a rocket on either LC-37A or 37B, but not on both simultaneously. The Delta IV Mobile Service Tower is 330 ft (100 m) tall, and fitted to service all Delta IV configurations, including the Delta IV Heavy.

Saturn

All flights operated by NASA.

References

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37 Wikipedia