List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

Map of launch complexes on Merritt Island and Cape Canaveral

Looking east, left-right: LC-41, LC-40, (center) LC-37B, Harrison Island, Vertical Integration Facility, and the ITL Warehouse on CCAFS in 2005

Cape Canaveral and adjacent Merritt Island on Florida's Atlantic coast are home to the USA's Eastern Range, the most active rocket range and spaceport in the country. The Eastern Range hosts two groundside operators: the military Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the civilian Kennedy Space Center. Between them are dozens of launch pads, with several currently in active service and more in planning for activation.

Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive. From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009. Since 2017, SpaceX uses Launch Complex 39A to launch their launch vehicles.

Site	Status	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 39A	Active Owned by NASA, Leased to SpaceX	Current: Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy Future: SpaceX Starship Retired: Saturn V, Space Shuttle Cancelled: Ares V The launch site of all six crewed lunar landing missions of the Apollo Program.	Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Apollo 13, Skylab, STS-1, STS-88, STS-135, Falcon Heavy test flight, Crew Dragon Demo-2, Polaris Dawn	28°36′30.2″N 80°36′15.6″W
Launch Complex 39B	Active[1] Owned by NASA	Current: Space Launch System Retired: Saturn V, Saturn IB, Space Shuttle, Ares I-X Cancelled: Ares I, OmegA The launch site of the Challenger disaster.	Apollo 10, Skylab 2, Apollo-Soyuz, STS-51L, STS-34, STS-31, Artemis I	28°37′38″N 80°37′15″W
Launch Complex 48	Inactive Owned by NASA	LC-48 is designed as a "clean pad" to support multiple launch systems with differing propellant needs. It is awaiting its first customer.		28°35′55″N 80°35′20.8″W
Launch Complex 49	Unbuilt	Planned to be used by SpaceX Starship.[2] Plans were suspended in 2024.[3]		28°38′28″N 80°38′47″W

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), operated by Space Launch Delta 45 of the U.S. Space Force, was the site of all U.S. crewed launches before Apollo 8, as well as many other early Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA launches. For the DoD, it plays a secondary role to Vandenberg SFB in California, but is the launch site for many NASA uncrewed space probes, as those spacecraft are typically launched on United States Space Force launchers. Much of the support activity for CCSFS occurs at Patrick Space Force Base to the south, its reporting base.

Active launch vehicles are in bold.

Active sites

Site	Status	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 11	Active Leased to Blue Origin	Current: BE-4 test stand area for New Glenn Part of larger site which includes LC-36A and LC-36B of Spaceport Florida. Retired: Atlas	SCORE	28°28′32″N 80°32′26″W
Launch Complex 12	Active Leased to Blue Origin[4]	Current: Storage area for New Glenn hardware Retired: Atlas, Atlas-Able, Atlas-Agena	Mariner 2, Ranger 7, Mariner 4, Mariner 5	28°28′49″N 80°32′31″W
Launch Complex 13 (Landing Zone 1 and 2)	Active Current leased to SpaceX Future leased to Phantom Space and Vaya Space	Current: Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy first stage landing site[5] Retired: Atlas, Atlas Agena Future: Daytona I, Dauntless[6]	Mariner 3, Lunar Orbiter 1, Orbcomm OG2 M2 (landing), Falcon Heavy test flight (landing)	28.4859°N 80.5444°W / 28.4859; -80.5444 (LZ1 & 2 (LC-13))
Space Launch Complex 40	Active Leased to SpaceX	Current: Falcon 9 Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan 34D, Commercial Titan III, Titan IV, Falcon 9 v1.0, Falcon 9 v1.1	OPS 0855, Mars Observer, Cassini-Huygens, Dragon C2+, DSCOVR, TESS, Beresheet, IM-1, Hera, SpaceX Crew-9	28.562106°N 80.577180°W / 28.562106; -80.577180 (SLC-40 (LC-40))
Space Launch Complex 41	Active Used by United Launch Alliance	Current: Atlas V, Vulcan Centaur Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan IIIE, Titan IV	Helios 1 & 2, Voyager 1 & 2, Viking 1 & 2, New Horizons, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, Mars 2020, Boeing Crew Flight Test	28°35′00″N 80°34′59″W

Sites leased for future use

Site	Status	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 14	Undergoing renovation Leased to Stoke Space	Future: Nova[6] Retired: Atlas, Mercury-Atlas, Atlas-Agena The site of all four crewed Mercury-Atlas launches used for Project Mercury.	Mercury-Atlas 5, Mercury-Atlas 6, Gemini 8 ATV	28°29′28″N 80°32′49″W
Launch Complex 16	Undergoing renovation Leased to Relativity Space	Future: Terran R Retired: Titan I, Titan II, Pershing 1a, Pershing II, Terran 1		28.5017°N 80.5518°W / 28.5017; -80.5518 (LC-16)
Launch Complex 20	Inactive Leased to Firefly Aerospace	Future: Alpha, MLV Retired: Titan I, Titan IIIA, Starbird, Prospector, Aries, LCLV, Super Loki		28°30′44″N 80°33′24″W

Spaceport Florida

Main article: Spaceport Florida

In 2008, Air Force Space Command committed to lease Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida for future use by the Athena III launch system.[7] Following the soft-cancellation of the Athena III, Blue Origin leased Complex 36 in 2015 for their New Glenn orbital launch vehicle,[8] which performed its maiden launch in January 2025.

Site	Status	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex 36	Active Leased to Spaceport Florida, subleased to Blue Origin[8]	Current: New Glenn[8] Retired: Atlas-Centaur, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III Cancelled: Athena III	Blue Ring	28°28′14″N 80°32′24″W
Space Launch Complex 46	Active Leased to Spaceport Florida, subleased to Astra Space[9][10]	Future: Rocket 4/5[11] Retired: Trident II,[12] Athena II, Athena I, Minotaur IV,[13] Rocket 3	Lunar Prospector, Ascent Abort-2	28°27′30″N 80°31′42″W
Launch Complex 36A	Demolished	Atlas-Centaur,[7]Atlas II[14]	Surveyor 1, Mariner 7, Pioneer 10, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, Pioneer Venus Multiprobe	28°28′14″N 80°32′24″W
Launch Complex 36B	Demolished	Atlas-Centaur, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III	Surveyor 3, OAO-2, Mariner 6, Mariner 9, Pioneer 11, Mariner 10

Inactive and previously used sites

Site	Status	Uses	Notable Launches	Coordinates
Launch Complex A Launch Complex B Launch Complex C Launch Complex D	Demolished	Matador LC-46 now sits on the site.
Launch Complex 1	Inactive	Snark, Matador, Aerostat		28°27′54″N 80°32′15″W
Launch Complex 2	Inactive	Snark, Matador, Aerostat		28°27′56″N 80°32′13″W
Launch Complex 3	Inactive	Bumper-WAC, BOMARC, Polaris, X-17		28°27′57″N 80°32′13″W
Launch Complex 4	Inactive	BOMARC, Redstone, Matador, Jason, Draco		28.466667°N 80.535669°W / 28.466667; -80.535669 (LC-4)
Launch Complex 4A	Inactive	BOMARC
Launch Complex 5	Inactive	Jupiter-C, Redstone, Mercury-Redstone. The site of all six crewed and uncrewed Mercury-Redstone launches used for Project Mercury. Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum.	Pioneer 4, Mercury-Redstone 3, Mercury-Redstone 4	28°26′22″N 80°34′24″W
Launch Complex 6	Inactive	Redstone, Jupiter		28°26′27″N 80°34′22″W
Launch Complex 7 Launch Complex 8	Unbuilt	possibly Snark or Matador (intended)
Launch Complex 9	Inactive	Navaho		28°27′07″N 80°33′35″W
Launch Complex 10	Demolished	Jason, Draco, Nike Tomahawk Demolished to make way for LC-31 and LC-32.		28°27′07″N 80°33′25″W
Launch Complex 15	Inactive	Retired: Titan I, Titan II Cancelled: RS1[6]		28.4963°N 80.5493°W / 28.4963; -80.5493 (LC-15)
Launch Complex 17A	Demolished	Thor, Thor-Able, Thor-Ablestar, Thor-Delta, Delta II	Pioneer 1, Explorer 6, OSO-1, Ariel 1, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Climate Orbiter, Stardust, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit	28°26′48″N 80°33′58″W
Launch Complex 17B	Demolished	Thor, Thor-Ablestar, Thor-Delta, Delta II, Delta III	Courier 1B, Telstar 1, Syncom 2, NEAR Shoemaker, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, MESSENGER, Kepler Space Telescope
Launch Complex 18	Inactive	Viking, Vanguard, Thor, Blue Scout Junior, Blue Scout	Vanguard TV-3, Vanguard 1, Vanguard 2, Vanguard 3, Mercury-Scout 1	28.4493°N 80.5623°W / 28.4493; -80.5623 (LC-18)
Launch Complex 19	Inactive	Titan I, Titan II GLV. The site of all ten crewed Titan II launches used for Project Gemini.	Gemini 4, Gemini 7, Gemini 6A, Gemini 8, Gemini 11	28°30′24″N 80°33′15″W
Launch Complex 21	Inactive	Goose, Mace		28°27′38″N 80°32′24″W
Launch Complex 22	Inactive	Goose, Mace		28.4610°N 80.5398°W / 28.4610; -80.5398 (LC-22)
Launch Complex 23 Launch Complex 24	Inactive	Triton, Snark Intended to have two pads and a single blockhouse, but only one pad was built and the blockhouse was never built.
Launch Complex 25	Inactive	Polaris, X-17, Poseidon, Trident I		28.431988°N 80.576943°W / 28.431988; -80.576943 (LC-25)
Launch Complex 26	Inactive	Jupiter, Redstone Launch site of Explorer 1 - the first successful U.S. satellite. Now part of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum.	Explorer 1	28°26′39″N 80°34′17″W
Launch Complex 27	Unbuilt	G-38 Navaho (intended) The Navaho program was cancelled before construction began.
Launch Complex 28	Unbuilt	Unknown
Launch Complex 29	Inactive	Polaris[15]		28°25′47″N 80°34′38″W
Launch Complex 30A	Inactive	Pershing 1		28.43945°N 80.58061°W / 28.43945; -80.58061 (LC-30)
Launch Complex 31	Inactive	Minuteman, Pershing 1a. Used as a burial vault for the Space Shuttle Challenger.		28°27′09″N 80°33′22″W
Launch Complex 32	Inactive	Minuteman		28°27′09″N 80°33′22″W
Launch Complex 33	Unbuilt	Dyna-Soar (intended) LC-37 now sits on the site.
Launch Complex 34	Inactive	Saturn I, Saturn IB. Site of the Apollo 1 fire.	SA-1, AS-201, Apollo 7	28°31′19″N 80°33′41″W
Launch Complex 35	Unbuilt	Navaho (intended) Not built due to the cancellation of the Navaho program.
Launch Complex 37A	Demolished	Saturn I, Saturn IB (unused)		28.531986°N 80.566821°W / 28.531986; -80.566821 (LC-37A)
Space Launch Complex 37B	Inactive	Retired: Saturn I, Saturn IB, Delta IV,[16] Delta IV Heavy[17]	SA-5, AS-101, AS-105, Apollo 5, Exploration Flight Test-1, Parker Solar Probe	28.531986°N 80.566821°W / 28.531986; -80.566821 (SLC-37B (LC-37))
Launch Complex 38	Unbuilt	Unknown
Launch Complex 42	Unbuilt	Titan IIIC (intended) Cancelled because it would have been too close to LC-39A.		28°33′59″N 80°36′13″W
Launch Complex 43	Demolished	Super Loki Demolished to make way for LC-46.		28°27′30″N 80°31′42″W
Launch Complex 44	Inactive	Dragon
Launch Complex 45	Demolished	None Intended for launching the Roland missile, but cancelled before any missiles were launched. LC-46 now sits on the site.		28°27′30″N 80°31′42″W
Launch Complex 47	Inactive	Sounding Rockets, Super Loki, Super Loki Lite Star, LOFT-1[18]		28.549123°N 80.5674339°W / 28.549123; -80.5674339 (LC-47)

Other

Site	Status	Uses	Coordinates
Atlantic Missile Range drop zone	Inactive	High Virgo, Bold Orion, Hound Dog, Skybolt
Grand Turk Auxiliary AFB, Grand Turk Island drop zone	Inactive	Arcas (All-Purpose Rocket for Collecting Atmospheric Soundings)
Mobile Launch Area	Inactive	Lark, Matador, Snark[19]
Eastern SLBM Launch Area	Active	Polaris, Poseidon, Trident
Shuttle Landing Facility	Active	Pegasus, X-37B	28.615°N 80.6945°W / 28.615; -80.6945 (Shuttle Landing Facility)
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip	Active	Navaho, Pegasus, Pegasus XL	28.468°N 80.567°W / 28.468; -80.567 (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip)
Patrick SFB	Inactive	Matador

See also

• Air Force Space and Missile Museum
• List of Vandenberg Space Force Base launch facilities

References

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External links

• Encyclopedia Astronautica entry
• Google Earth Merritt Island Tour