Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 2
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 2
Infobox Launch Pad
name = Launch Complex 2
caption =
site = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
location = 28.465683°N
80.536882°W
short = LC-2
operator = US Air Force
tlaunches = 15
pads = 1
inclination = 28° - 57°
status = Inactive
first = Snark, 18 February 1954
last = Snark, 6 April 1960
rockets = Snark
Launch Complex 2 (LC2) is a deactivated US Air Force launch site located on Cape Canaveral, United States at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
LC2 is located on the Eastern tip of Cape Canaveral, and along with launch complexes 1, 3 and 4 was originally constructed in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program. The first launch from this site was a Snark test on February 18 1954.
The complex was used for Snark missions until 1960 and was later utilized as a helicopter pad during Project Mercury. The final use of the site was during the 1980s for tethered aerostat balloon radar missions.
ee also
*List of Merritt Island launch sites
External links
* [http://www.astronautix.com/sites/capallc2.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/facility/ccas-lc-1.htm Global Security]
* [http://www.robsv.com/cape/c1.html Image of current site]
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