Questions tagged [cape-canaveral]
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is a facility of the United States Space Force (formerly the Air Force) on the east coast of Florida, adjacent to (but not the same as) Kennedy Space Center. It launches military and civilian rockets, including all astronaut flights prior to Apollo 8.
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Why is most of mission control in Houston? [duplicate]
They were already making a mission control at Cape Canaveral, and then decided to move some, but not all, of it to Houston. Why? Wouldn't it make more sense to have the entire mission control in one ...
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When and why was Cape Canaveral "Launch Complex 40" renamed to "Space Launch Complex 40"?
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Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), previously Launch Complex 40 (LC-40)
It seems to me that all other Cape Canaveral launch complexes are just "LC" without the "Space&...
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Just how "unreasonably gigantic" was the exclusion zone for the scrubbed SpaceX's Transporter-2 Mission first attempt?
Watching Transporter-2 Mission, currently after 15:02 in the video (after an extended hold at T-00:00:11) I heard a voice say:
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Are the waterways around Kennedy and Canaveral routinely dredged?
Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral SFS are surrounded by waterways, which have been vital for shipping large components from manufacturers to the launch sites. Do these waterways get ...
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What is the difference between Cape Canaveral SFS and Patrick SFB?
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Patrick Space Force Base are two facilities of the United States Space Force (both formerly assigned to the Air Force) on the east coast of Florida. They both ...
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Why was the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip never used for a Space Shuttle's landing?
Why did NASA build the Shuttle Landing Facility, and initially land the shuttle at Edwards Air Force Base, instead of landing it at the CCAFS Skid Strip? It's definitely long enough, because once a ...
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"Are we there yet?" (45th Space Wing's goal of being able to support 48 launches per year from Cape Canaveral)
This answer to What does “That's how we drive to 48!” mean? begins
"drive to 48" refers to the 45th Space Wing's goal of being able to support 48 launches per year from Cape Canaveral.
Has the ...
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What was the fate of the Shiloh Launch Complex at Canaveral
Living near Canaveral, since 2013 (that I know of) much has gone back and forth about the proposed Shiloh Launch Complex in the former citrus groves within the north side of the Cape Canaveral ...
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Looking for veterans of the Space Race [closed]
Hi everyone. I am writing an oral history of the men and women who worked at Cape Canaveral and KSC during Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. If you know someone that fits the bill, or know how to find them, ...
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How far is Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically-wise?
Answers to a similar-sounding question What is the difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? deal mostly with history and geography.
In the question Which has been the most ...
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How soon will LC-39A be at significant risk to storm-surge damage?
from Format/interpretation of NOAA Elevation Data
Rising sea levels due to thermal expansion due to global warming due to farting cattle and unicorns and of course also due to CO2 emissions caused by ...
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What do these GPS-related emblems represent? Does one of them show "Marvin the Martian"?
The Wikipedia page linked in @OrganicMarble's answer about the Air Force Space and Missile Museum contains the image below, of a (now retired) GPS monitoring station. To the right of the station ...
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What is the difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center?
Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center are both at pretty much the same location in Florida. I do not understand why they are referenced separately in media.
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Why were some Launch Complex numbers skipped?
The Cape Caneveral Launch Complexes are numbered from 1 to 47, but curiously some numbers seem to have been skipped. The missing numbers are LC-7, LC-8, LC-23, LC-24, LC-27, LC-28, LC-33, LC-35, LC-38,...
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What satellites were launched into a polar orbit from Cape Canaveral in the 1950s and 1960s?
Historically, most launches from U.S. soil that have headed into a polar or near-polar orbit have been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. However, in a recent article written by ...
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