Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A

Launch Complex 39A
The pad in January 2024 during the launch of Axiom Mission 3 with the SpaceX Starship launch tower in the background
Map
Launch siteKennedy Space Center
LocationMerritt Island, Florida
Coordinates28°36′30″N 80°36′16″W / 28.60833°N 80.60444°W / 28.60833; -80.60444
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Operator
Orbital inclination
range		28.5–55, 66–145°[1]
Launch history
StatusActive
Launches187
First launchNovember 9, 1967
Saturn V (Apollo 4)
Last launchNovember 17, 2024
Falcon 9 Block 5 (Optus-X/TD7)
Associated
rockets
Launch Complex 39--Pad A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A is located in Florida
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A is located in the United States
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Area160 acres (65 ha)
Built1964–1968
MPSJohn F. Kennedy Space Center MPS
NRHP reference No.99001638[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 2000

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is the first of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. The pad, along with Launch Complex 39B, was first constructed in the 1960s to accommodate the Saturn V launch vehicle, and has been used to support NASA crewed space flight missions, including the historic Apollo 11 moon landing and the Space Shuttle. The site is currently leased by SpaceX and supports launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Falcon User's Guide" (PDF). SpaceX. September 2021. p. 11.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ D'Orazio, Dante (September 6, 2015). "After delays, SpaceX's massive Falcon Heavy rocket set to launch in spring 2016". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on November 25, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Spacex seeks to accelerate falcon 9 production and launch rates this year". SpaceNews. February 4, 2016. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2020.