Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5
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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 (LC-5) was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida used for various Redstone and Jupiter launches.
 Mercury-Redstone 1 at LC-5 in 1960 | |||||||||||||
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| Launch site | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | ||||||||||||
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| Location | 28°26′22″N 80°34′24″W | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) | ||||||||||||
| UTC−04:00 (EDT) | |||||||||||||
| Short name | LC-5 | ||||||||||||
| Operator | United States Space Force | ||||||||||||
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Active pads
Active pads not used for launches
Inactive leased pads
Inactive unleased pads
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LC-39B2
LC-39A3
LC-484
SLC-415
SLC-406
LC-477
SLC-378
LC-349
SLC-2010
LC-1911
LC-1612
LC-1513
LC-1414
LC-13 (LZ-1 & LZ-2)15
LC-1216
LC-1117
LC-3618
LC-1, LC-2, LC-3, and LC-419
SLC-4620
LC-21 and LC-2221
LC-31 and LC-3222
LC-1823
SLC-1724
LC-2625
LC-5 and LC-626
LC-3027
LC-2528
LC-29It is most well known as the launch site for NASA's 1961 suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 flight, which made Alan Shepard the first American in space. It was also the launch site of Gus Grissom's July, 1961, Mercury-Redstone 4 flight. The Mercury-Redstone 1 pad abort, Mercury-Redstone 1A, and the January, 1961, Mercury-Redstone 2 with a chimpanzee, Ham, aboard, also used LC-5.
A total of 23 launches were conducted from LC-5: one Jupiter-A, six Jupiter IRBMs, one Jupiter-C, four Juno Is, four Juno IIs and seven Redstones. The first launch from the complex was a Jupiter-A on July 19, 1956 and the final launch was Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 capsule on July 21, 1961.[1]
LC-5 is located next to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum which is located at LC-26. The original launch consoles and computers are on display in the LC-5 blockhouse.[2][3] As of 2020[update], a tour of the museum can be arranged through the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's "Cape Canaveral: Early Space Tour". One tour is offered daily, so the number of visitors is limited by the size of the tour.
Launch chronology
- July 19, 1956: Jupiter-A CC-13
- September 20, 1956: Jupiter-C RS-27
- March 1, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1A
- April 26, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1B
- May 31, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1
- March 26, 1958: Juno I RS-24 (Explorer 3)
- May 17, 1958: Redstone RS-1002
- July 26, 1958: Juno I RS/CC-44 (Explorer 4)
- August 24, 1958: Juno I RS/CC-47 (Explorer 5)
- October 23, 1958: Juno I RS/CC-49 (Beacon 1)
- December 6, 1958: Juno II AM-11 (Pioneer 3)
- January 22, 1959: Jupiter IRBM CM-21
- March 3, 1959: Juno II AM-14 (Pioneer 4)
- May 14, 1959: Jupiter IRBM AM-17
- July 16, 1959: Juno II AM-16 (Explorer S-1, failed)
- August 27, 1959: Jupiter IRBM AM-19
- October 13, 1959: Juno II AM-19A (Explorer 7)
- November 21, 1960: Redstone MRLV-1 (MR-1)
- December 19, 1960: Redstone MRLV-3 (MR-1A)
- January 31, 1961: Redstone MRLV-2 (MR-2)
- March 24, 1961: Redstone MRLV-5 (MR-BD)
- May 5, 1961: Redstone MRLV-7 (MR-3)
- July 21, 1961: Redstone MRLV-8 (MR-4)
Gallery
Preparations on May 16, 1958 for the first PGM-11 Redstone launch on May 17 conducted by US Army troops
Launch of Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)
Blockhouse (2010)
Firing button (2010)
LC-5 with display Redstone (2010)
LC 5&6 blockhouse (now museum)
See also
References
External links
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