Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 3

Launch Complex 3
Launch of Bumper 8 from LC-3. This was the first launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Launch site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location Cape Canaveral, Florida
Short name LC-3
Operator US Air Force
Total launches 77
Launch pad(s) 1
Launch history
Status Inactive
First launch Bumper-8 (July 24, 1950)
Last launch BOMARC (August 12, 1959)
Associated
rockets		 Bumper
BOMARC
UGM-27 Polaris
Lockheed X-17

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) is a deactivated US Air Force launch site southeast of SLC-36 on Cape Canaveral, Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was constructed, with launch complexes 1, 2, and 4, in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program.[1]

It was formerly used to launch Bumper, BOMARC, UGM-27 Polaris, and Lockheed X-17 missiles. The pad was also the site of the first launch from Cape Canaveral, a Bumper rocket on July 24, 1950. The site also served as a medical support facility during Project Mercury.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Svirskas, Rob (September 14, 2008). "Complexes 1-4". Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Virtual Tour. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Pike, John (April 27, 2005). "Complexes 3 & 4 -- Cape Canaveral Air Station". GlobalSecurity.org. GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

Coordinates: 28°27′57″N 80°32′13″W / 28.46583°N 80.53694°W / 28.46583; -80.53694

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