Launch Complex 44

Overview

Systems

  • Dragon

Other Programs

  • None

Cost: Not available

Launch Complex 44 Highlights

  • The launch complex was just west of the Trident Turn Basin and was used for only a short period of time for the Dragon missile
  • 16 June 1967 – First Dragon anti-tank missile launch
  • 29 August 1968 – Site of B-52 crash following in-flight emergency

B-52 Crash Report

Extract from the Evening Tribune, 30 August 1968, reporting the B-52 crash on the Cape
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