Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36

Launch Complex 36
	An Atlas-Centaur at LC-36 prior to the launch of Pioneer 10
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Coordinates	28°28′14″N 80°32′24″W / 28.47056°N 80.54000°W
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short name	LC-36
Operator	NASA (1962–2005); U.S. Air Force (1962–2008); Space Florida (2008–2015); Moon Express (2015–2016); Blue Origin (2015–present);
Total launches	145
Launch pad(s)	2
Orbital inclination ; range	28° - 57°
Status
LC-36A launch history
Status	Inactive
Launches	68
First launch	May 18, 1962; Atlas LV-3C Centaur-A AC-1
Last launch	August 31, 2004; Atlas IIAS / NROL-1
Associated; rockets	Atlas-Centaur (retired); Atlas I (retired); Atlas II (retired); Atlas III (retired); New Glenn (future); New Armstrong (future)
LC-36B launch history
Status	Inactive
Launches	77
First launch	August 11, 1965; Atlas LV-3C Centaur-D / Surveyor D-2
Last launch	February 3, 2005; Atlas III / NROL-23
Associated; rockets	Atlas-Centaur (retired); Atlas I (retired); Atlas II (retired); Atlas III (retired); New Glenn (future); New Armstrong (future)

Launch Complex 36 (LC-36)—formerly known as Space Launch Complex 36 (SLC-36) from 1997 to 2010—is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. It was used for Atlas launches by NASA and the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until 2005.^[1]^[2]

Blue Origin has leased the launch site since 2015 in order to build a new launch site for launching the company's orbital rockets. Orbital launches are expected to begin from LC-36 no earlier than 2024,^[3] and the first launch vehicle slated to launch there is New Glenn, under development by Blue Origin since 2012.^[4]The full vehicle was first unveiled on the launch pad on 21 February 2024.^[5]

Historically, the complex consisted of two launch pads, SLC-36A and SLC-36B, and was the launch site for the Pioneer, Surveyor, and Mariner probes in the 1960s and 1970s.^[6] There were a total of 145 launches from LC-36 during the period that the US government operated the launch complex in the first five decades of spaceflight.^[7] The Atlas rockets launched from Complex 36 were subsequently superseded by the Atlas V launch vehicle, which, as of September 2023, launches from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral since beginning in 2002.^[8]

^ McDowell, Jonathan (February 22, 1998). "Issue 350". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
^ "Table 3 — Launch Capability in Florida". AU-18 Space Handbook. Air War College Gateway to the Internet. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
^ "NEW GLENN'S PROGRESS TOWARDS MAIDEN FLIGHT". Blue Origin. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
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^ "Blue Origin Debuts New Glenn on Our Launch Pad".
^ Launch Site Safety Assessment, Section 1.0 Eastern Range General Range Capabilities (PDF) (Report). Federal Aviation Administration. March 1999. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
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[1] McDowell, Jonathan (February 22, 1998). "Issue 350". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

[2] "Table 3 — Launch Capability in Florida". AU-18 Space Handbook. Air War College Gateway to the Internet. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

[3] "NEW GLENN'S PROGRESS TOWARDS MAIDEN FLIGHT". Blue Origin. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

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[5] "Blue Origin Debuts New Glenn on Our Launch Pad".

[6] Launch Site Safety Assessment, Section 1.0 Eastern Range General Range Capabilities (PDF) (Report). Federal Aviation Administration. March 1999. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

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