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1. IUS (INERTIAL UPPER STAGE) TRANSPORTER

Type: transport IUS from processing facilities to launch complex

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: The Boeing Company

CCAFS Operations: 1980-2004

 

2. SOUNDING ROCKET LAUNCHER

Type: SuperLoki Dart weather rocket launcher

Agency: NASA

Contractor: Space Data Corporation

 

3. TITAN I

Type: intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with Mark IV reentry vehicle nose cone

Designations: SM-68 / HGM-25

Serial Number: 57-2691

Payload: nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: The Martin Company

Launch Complexes: 15, 16, 19, 20

CCAFS Operations: 1959-1962

 

4. LARC (LIGHTER AMPHIBIOUS RESUPPLY CARGO) VEHICLE

Type: rescue recovery vehicle used during manned spaceflight programs

 

5. ARCAS LAUNCHER

Type: ARCAS weather rocket launcher

Designation: LAU-66-A

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: Atlantic Research Corporation

 

6. ATLAS ANTENNA

Type: guidance antenna for Atlas missile

Designation: Model I antenna

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: General Electric

 

7. AGENA B

Type: upper stage spacecraft

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: Lockheed Missile and Space Company

 

8. AGENA A

Type: upper stage spacecraft

Serial Number: 2103

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: Lockheed Missile and Space Company

 

9. ELECTRONICS VAN

Type: contains Mod I guidance computer instrumentation for Atlas missile

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: General Electric

 

10. MOD I RADAR

Type: guidance radar for Atlas missile

Designation: Model I radar

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

 

11. FIREBIRD

Type: air-to-air guided missile

Designation: AAM-A-1

Serial Number: M-14437

Payload: conventional warhead

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: The Ryan Aeronautical Company

 

12. QUAIL

Type: air-launched decoy missile

Designation: GAM-72 / ADM-20

Serial Number: 59-2249

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: McDonnell Aircraft Company

 

13. THOR ABLE

Type: space launch vehicle

Designation: Thor Able / Thor Able I / Thor Able II

Serial Number: 56-6796

Payload: nose cone experiments, space probes, satellites

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Company

Launch Complex: 17A

CCAFS Operations: 1958-1960

 

14. LACROSSE

Type: surface-to-surface guided missile

Designation: M-4 / MGM-18

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: The Martin Company

 

15. NAVAHO ENGINES

Type: G-38 booster engine for XSM-64 Navaho

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: Rocketdyne

Launch Complexes: 9, 10

CCAFS operations: 1956-1958

 

16. BIG SHOT SHROUD

Type: satellite casing

Payload: Echo II communication satellite

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Company

Launch Complex: 17A

 

17. HONEST JOHN

Type: surface-to-surface artillery rocket

Designation: M-50 / MGR-1

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Company

 

18. NIKE HERCULES

Type: surface-to-air guided missile

Designation: M-6 / MIM-14

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: Douglas Aircraft Company

 

19. LITTLE JOHN

Type: surface-to-surface artillery rocket

Designation: M-51 / MGR-3

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: Emerson Electric

 

20. DISH ANTENNA

Type: range telemetry antenna

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

Contractor: Space Data Corporation

 

 

21. HOUND DOG

Type: air-to-ground guided missile

Designation: GAM-77 / AGM-28

Serial Number: 33792

Payload: nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: North American Aviation

Launch Complex: B-52 on Eastern Test Range

CCAFS Operations: 1959-1965

 

22. MINUTEMAN I

Type: intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

Designation: HSM-80 / LGM-30

Payload: nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: The Boeing Company

Launch Complexes: 31A, 31B, 32B

CCAFS Operations: 1961-1964

 

23. TITAN LOCOMOTIVE

Type: Diesel-Electric Switching Locomotive

Designation: SW-8

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: General Motors, Electro Motive Division

Launch Complexes: 40, 41, ITL area

CCAFS Operations: supported 82 Titan launches 1965-2005

 

24. WEATHER RADOME

Type: dome used to protect telemetry instrumentation from climate

 

25. LIGHTHOUSE GAZEBO

 

26. HISTORICAL MARKER

 

27. JUPITER

Type: intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)

Designation: SM-78 / PGM-19

Payload: nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: Chrysler Missile Division

Launch Complexes: 5, 6, 26A, 26B

CCAFS Operation: 1956-1963

 

28. POLARIS A3

Type: fleet ballistic missile

Designation: UGM-27C

Serial Number: 092

Payload: nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Navy

Contractor: Lockheed Missile Systems Division

Launch Complexes: 25B, submarines on Eastern Test Range

CCAFS Operations: 1963-1978

 

29. PERSHING II

Type: surface-to-surface guided missile

Designation: MGM-31C

Serial Number: J645

Payload: nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: Martin Marietta

Launch Complex: 16

CCAFS Operations: 1982-1988

 

30. COMPLEX 19 WHITE ROOM

 

31. CORPORAL

Type: surface-to-surface guided missile

Designation: MGM-5

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

 

32. REDSTONE

Type: surface-to-surface guided missile

Designation: M-8 / PGM-11

Serial Number: 3508

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Army

Contractor: Chrysler Missile Division

Launch Complexes: 5, 6, 26A

CCAFS Operations: 1955-1961

 

33. TITAN ENGINE

Type: second stage engine for Titan I missile

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: Aerojet Corporation

 

34. BOMARC A

Type: surface-to-air guided missile

Designation IM-99B / CIM-10B

Serial Number: 59-1913

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: The Boeing Company

Launch Complexes: 3, 4

CCAFS Operations: 1952-1960

 

35. INFORMATION KIOSK

 

36. SUBROC

Type: anti-submarine guided missile

Designation: UUM-44

Payload: conventional or nuclear warhead

Agency: U.S. Navy

Contractor: Goodyear Aero Space Corporation

 

37. HEATSINK NOSE CONE

Type: research reentry vehicle on Atlas B launch vehicle

Designation: Mark II

Agency: U.S. Air Force

Contractor: General Electric

Launch Complexes: 11, 13

CCAFS Operations: 1958-1959

 

38. GANTRY

 

39. APOLLO BOILERPLATE CAPSULE

Type: dummy emergency rescue training capsule

 

40. CAMERA DOME

Type: dome used to protect telemetry optical systems from climate

 

41. CANNON

 

42. MOD II ANTENNA

Type: guidance antenna

Agency: U.S. Air Force, NASA

 

43. FIREBEE II

Type: target drone

Designation: BQM-34F

Payload: none

Agency: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy

Contractor: The Ryan Aeronautical Company

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