Launch Complex 39A

Overview

The historic Kennedy Space Center pad that launched the Apollo 11 Saturn V and many Space Shuttle flights, now leased to SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship operations.

Knowledge connections

• Launch site forSaturn V
• Launch site forSpace Shuttle
• Launch site forFalcon 9
• Launch site forFalcon Heavy
• Part ofKennedy Space Center

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.