LAUNCH COMPLEX 16

Launch Complex 16

Photo Gallery

April 1965 – Launch Complex 16

undated, Launch Complex 16

Blockhouse, 19 January 1961, Launch Complex 16

Launch Pad, 19 January 1961, Launch Complex 16

Launch Pad, 19 January 1961, Launch Complex 16

Launch Pad, 30 January 1962, Launch Complex 16

Gemini GT-3 crew preparation, 23 March 1965, Launch Complex 16

Pershing IA, 13 July 1978, Launch Complex 16

Pershing IA, 25 August 1978, Launch Complex 16

Overview

Systems

Other Programs

Apollo Service Module Propulsion Engine

Cost: $4,859,018

Launch Complex 16 Highlights

30 January 1957 – Awarded construction contract
1957 – Construction underway
July 1958 – Construction complete
19 February 1959 – Air Force accepted launch complex
12 December 1959 – First Titan I launch
27 May 1960 – Last Titan I launch
Total Titan I launched – 6
16 March 1962 – First Titan II launch
29 May 1963 – Last Titan II launch
Total Titan II launched – 7
January 1965 – After the last Titan II launch, the site was assigned to NASA to support static firing of the Apollo Service Module propulsion engine and Gemini crew processing. Test stand was built for these static tests.
1969 – Complex deactivated
1972 – Complex returned to Air Force
Reassigned to U.S. Army for training NATO troops in the firing of the Pershing missile
7 May 1974 – First Pershing 1A launch
13 October 1983 – Last Pershing 1A launch
Total Pershing 1A launched – 88
As many as six Pershing mobile launchers were positioned on the two unpaved areas in front of the blockhouse.
22 July 1982 – First Pershing II launch
21 March 1988 – Last Pershing II launch
Total Pershing II launched – 49
Deactivated in accordance with Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty

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