Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location: Florida
Also Known As: Cape Canaveral Auxiliary Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral Air Station
National Register of Historic Places: Designated a National Historic Landmark on 16 April 1984 by the National Park Service.
- National Register of Historic Places web site
- National Registry application form (PDF)
- National Historic Landmark Monument
This table lists facilities, 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.
• Public Tours of Cape Canaveral depart from the History Center every Wednesday and Thursday
• Take a virtual museum tour if you can't visit in person
• Public tours of Vandenberg Air Force Base are available the second Wednesday of each month
• City of Cape Canaveral 50th Anniversary
• Historical Markers, Monuments and Signs
• Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA)
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That is a question often asked and which can have many answers. Factors such as whether the pad was actually built or whether it was even given a number come into play. What's your answer?