Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14

Launch Complex 14
Aerial view of Mercury-Atlas 9 at LC-14 in 1963
Map
Launch siteCape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location28°29′28″N 80°32′49″W / 28.49111°N 80.54694°W / 28.49111; -80.54694
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)
UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short nameLC-14
OperatorUnited States Space Force
Total launches32
Launch pad(s)1
Orbital inclination
range
28° – 57°
Launch history
StatusUndergoing conversion
First launchAtlas A, 11 June 1957
Last launchAgena Target Vehicle for Gemini 12, 11 November 1966
Associated
rockets
Atlas
Atlas-Agena
Nova (future)

Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas launches, including the Friendship 7 flight aboard which John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in February 1962.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum". ccspacemuseum.org. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  2. ^ "LAUNCH COMPLEX 14 FACT SHEET | Spaceline". Retrieved 2024-07-23.

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