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Launch Complexes

This table lists launch complexes and launch pads for which records have been found. Not all complexes and pads on record were ever built and some launches on the Cape are known to have taken place on prepared areas which never received a complex or pad designation.

The terms "Launch Complex" and "Pad" are used here for standardization although accepted usage of terms has changed over time. Terms such as "Complex (CX)" and "Vertical Launch Complex" have been used in the past. The term in use at the Cape today is "Space Launch Complex" abbreviated "SLC" and pronounced "slick." The term "Launch Facility" has crept into the vocabulary on occasion, but has not come into common usage. Complicating the issue is the conversational practice among some Cape workers of interchangeably using "complex" and "pad" especially in the case of complexes with a single pad. For instance, Mercury-Atlas launches could be described as having been launched from Complex 14 or Pad 14.

* Launch complex or pad planned but never built

Launch Complexes A, B, C, D Pad A
Pad B
Pad C
Pad D
Launch Complexes 1-2 Pad 1
Pad 2
Launch Complexes 3-4 Pad 3
Pad 4
Pad 4A
Launch Complex 5/6 Pad 5
Pad 6
Launch Complexes 7-8* Pad 7A*
Pad 7B*
Pad 8A*
Pad 8B*
Launch Complexes 9-10 Pad 9
Pad 10
Launch Complex 11 Pad 11
Launch Complex 12 Pad 12
Launch Complex 13 Pad 13
Launch Complex 14 Pad 14
Launch Complex 15 Pad 15
Launch Complex 16 Pad 16
Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17) Pad 17A
Pad 17B
Launch Complex 18 Pad 18A
Pad 18B
Launch Complex 19 Pad 19
Launch Complex 20 Pad 20
Pad 20A
Pad 20B
Launch Complexes 21-22 Pad 21
Pad 21-1
Pad 21-2
Pad 22
Launch Complexes 23-24 Pad 23
Pad 24
Launch Complex 25 Pad 25A
Pad 25B
Pad 25C
Pad 25D
Launch Complex 26 Pad 26A
Pad 26B
Launch Complex 27* Pad 27A*
Pad 27B*
Launch Complex 28*  
Launch Complex 29 Pad 29A
Pad 29B*
Launch Complex 30 Pad 30
Pad 30A
Launch Complexes 31-32 Pad 31A
Pad 31B
Pad 32A
Pad 32B
Launch Complex 33* Pad 33*
Launch Complex 34 Pad 34
Pad 34B*
Launch Complex 35* Pad 35A*
Pad 35B*
Launch Complex 36 Pad 36A
Pad 36B
Launch Complex 37 (active SLC-37) Pad 37A
Pad 37B
Launch Complex 38*  
Launch Complex 39
(NASA facility at Kennedy Space Center)
Pad 39A
Pad 39B
Integrate-Transfer-Launch (ITL)
Complex
Pad 40
Pad 41
Pad 42*
Launch Complex 40 (active SLC-40) Pad 40
Launch Complex 41 (active SLC-41) Pad 41
Launch Complex 42 Pad 42*
Launch Complex 43 Pad 43A
Pad 43B
Pad 43C
Pad 43D
Pad 43E
Launch Complex 44  
Launch Complex 45  
Launch Complex 46 Pad 46
Launch Complex 47 (active) Pad 47
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