Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 6

Launch Complex 6

Launch site	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location	28°26′27″N 80°34′22″W
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short name	LC-6
Operator	US Army (ABMA)
Total launches	43
Launch pad(s)	1
Launch history Status Inactive First launch Redstone 7 20 April 1955 Last launch Redstone Training #23 27 June 1961 Associated rockets PGM-11 Redstone PGM-19 Jupiter Jupiter-A Jupiter-C

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center

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  Active pads

  Inactive leased pads

  Inactive unleased pads

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LC-39B

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LC-39A

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LC-48

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SLC-41

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SLC-40

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LC-47

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SLC-37

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LC-34

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SLC-20

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LC-19

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LC-16

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LC-15

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LC-14

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LC-13 (LZ-1 & LZ-2)

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LC-12

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LC-11

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LC-36

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LC-1, LC-2, LC-3, and LC-4

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SLC-46

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LC-21 and LC-22

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LC-31 and LC-32

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LC-18

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SLC-17

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LC-26

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LC-5 and LC-6

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LC-30

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LC-25

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LC-29

Launch Complex 6 (LC-6) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida is a launch site used by Redstone and Jupiter series rockets and missiles.[1] It is on the south end of Cape Canaveral, close to Launch Complex 5, with which it shared a blockhouse.[2][3] With LC-5, it was the location of the first tests of the mobile launch concept designed by Kurt H. Debus.^[citation needed] This concept was revised and improved and eventually used at LC-39 for the Saturn V and Space Shuttle.

LC-6 was deactivated in 1961.[1] The blockhouse and a 61.96 m (203.3 ft) square concrete pad are the only parts of the complex that remain intact,[3] although the mobile service tower was under restoration as of 2011. The complex is part of the "Cape Canaveral: Then and Now" tour, available from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Gallery

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  Blockhouse (2010)
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  Firing button (2010)

See also

• Cape Canaveral
• Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 - used the same blockhouse

References

1. "Cape Canaveral LC6". www.astronautix.com. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
2. "Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum". ccspacemuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
3. "Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum". ccspacemuseum.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10.

• Space Launch Report, Cape Canaveral Launch Complexes 5/6/26A/26B