Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Overview

The United States' historic eastern launch range adjacent to Kennedy Space Center, used since 1950 for crewed and robotic missions.

Knowledge connections

• Launch site forFreedom 7 (Mercury-Redstone 3)
• Launch site forFriendship 7 (Mercury-Atlas 6)
• Launch site forMars Science Laboratory
• Launch site forMAVEN
• Launch site forMars 2020
• Launch site forJuno
• Launch site forNew Horizons
• Launch site forOSIRIS-REx
• Launch site forLucy
• Launch site forParker Solar Probe
• Launch site forTESS
• Launch site forDanuri (KPLO)
• ContainsSpace Launch Complex 37B
• ContainsSpace Launch Complex 41
• ContainsSpace Launch Complex 17
• ContainsSpace Launch Complex 40
• Launch site forGOES-16

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.