Overview

Systems

Launch Complex 39 Highlights

  • Built in 1967.
  • 24 May 1973 added to the National Registry of Historic Places.

Launch Pad 39-A

  • Is an active launch site.
  • Operated by NASA from 1967-2014. It has been operated by SpaceX from 2014 to present day.
  • Has had 113+ launches, starting with the first launch of Saturn V on 9 November 1967.

Launch Pad 39-B

  • Is now inactive.
  • Had 59 Launches starting with the Saturn V launch on 18 May 1969 and ending with the Ares I-X on 28 October 2009.
  • Operated by NASA from 1969 to present day.
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