Photo Gallery
April 1965 – Launch Complex 15
Blockhouse interior, 19 July 1958, Launch Complex 15
Blockhouse interior, 12 December 1958, Launch Complex 15
Blockhouse, 23 January 1961, Launch Complex 15
Launch pad and service tower, 23 January 1961, Launch Complex 15
Launch pad and service tower, 30 January 1961, Launch Complex 15
Launch pad and service tower, 30 January 1961, Launch Complex 15
Blockhouse demolition underway, 11 November 2012, Launch Complex 15
The armored blockhouse blast door awaits salvage, Nine feet square and 18 inches thick, 23 February 2013, Launch Complex 15
Site of the former blockhouse, The electrical tunnel and pad ramp are the only standing structures, 23 February 2013, Launch Complex 15
Overview
Systems
Other Programs
- None
Cost: $4,892,520
Launch Complex 15 Highlights
- 30 January 1957 – Construction contract awarded
- 1957 – Construction started
- 1 July 1958 – Construction completed
- 5 February 1959 – Air Force accepted the launch complex
- Blockhouse is similar to those of the Atlas complexes except that it has a second interior floor
- 6 February 1959 – First Titan I launch
- 29 September 1960 – Last Titan I launch
- Total Titan I launched – 10
- Complex 15 initially stored liquid oxygen and RP-1 as propellants for the Titan I and had to be converted to accommodate the Titan II, using Nitrogen Tetroxide for the oxidizer and Hydrazine blend known as Aerozine 50 for fuel.
- 7 June 1962 – First Titan II launch
- 6 February 1963 – First military “blue suit” Titan II launch
- 9 April 1964 – Last Titan II launched
- Total Titan II launched – 16
- March 1967 – Complex deactivated
- 13 June 1967 – Sold for salvage
- June 1967 – Pad dismantled
- November 2012 to February 2013 – Blockhouse demolished
