![]() The pad in January 2024 during the launch of Axiom Mission 3 with the SpaceX Starship launch tower in the background | |||||||||||||
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Launch site | Kennedy Space Center | ||||||||||||
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Location | Merritt Island, Florida | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°36′30″N 80°36′16″W / 28.60833°N 80.60444°W | ||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) | ||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) | ||||||||||||
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Orbital inclination range | 28–86.4°[1] | ||||||||||||
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Launch Complex 39--Pad A | |||||||||||||
Area | 160 acres (65 ha) | ||||||||||||
Built | 1964–1968 | ||||||||||||
MPS | John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 99001638[2] | ||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | January 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]
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