Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_47

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 47

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 47

Sounding rocket launch complex at Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 47 (Launch Complex 47, LC-47) is a launch pad for sounding rockets located at the north end of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It is the smallest launch complex at the Space Force Station. The complex features a small blockhouse a few yards from the pad, containing vehicle-specific hardware.[2] Between 1984 and 2008, 531 sounding rockets were launched from pad 47. All weather rocket operations were relocated here from Launch Complex 43 in 1984 in order to make room for the construction of Launch Complex 46.[1]

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The first launch at LC-47 occurred on March 12, 1984, with the flight of a Rocketsonde sounding rocket that reached an apogee of 63km. On October 14, 1991, a student sub-orbital launch on a Super Loki rocket occurred here.[3] As of October 2017, the most recent launch from LC-47 was a Super Loki rocket that reached an apogee of 50km on September 22, 2008.

While originally slated for deactivation, on November 4, 2004, the 45th Space Wing transferred LC-47 to the Florida Space Authority under the Commercial Space Transportation Act allowing continued operations.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Wade, Mark. "Cape Canaveral LC47". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  2. [2]
    Lethbridge, Cliff. "LAUNCH COMPLEX 47 FACT SHEET". Spaceline. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
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    "Launch Complex 47". Air Force Space and Missile Museum. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  4. [4]
    Mehuron, Tamar. "2004 Space Almanac" (PDF). Air Force Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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