Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 3

Launch Complex 3

Launch of Bumper 8 from LC-3. This was the first launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Launch site

Location

Short name

LC-3

Operator

Total launches

Launch pad(s)

Launch history
Status	Inactive
First launch	Bumper-8 (July 24, 1950)
Last launch	BOMARC (August 12, 1959)
Associated rockets	Bumper BOMARC UGM-27 Polaris Lockheed X-17

Launch Complex 3 (LC-3) is a deactivated US Air Force launch site southeast of SLC-36 on Cape Canaveral, Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was constructed, with launch complexes 1, 2, and 4, in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program.^[1]

It was formerly used to launch Bumper, BOMARC, UGM-27 Polaris, and Lockheed X-17 missiles. The pad was also the site of the first launch from Cape Canaveral, a Bumper rocket on July 24, 1950. The site also served as a medical support facility during Project Mercury.^[2]

References

↑ Svirskas, Rob (September 14, 2008). "Complexes 1-4". Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Virtual Tour. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
↑ Pike, John (April 27, 2005). "Complexes 3 & 4 -- Cape Canaveral Air Station". GlobalSecurity.org. GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved January 25, 2010.

Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Kennedy Space Center Spaceport Florida

LC-1 LC-2 LC-3 LC-4 LC-5 LC-6 LC-9 LC-10 LC-11 LC-12 LC-13 LC-14 LC-15 LC-16 SLC-17 LC-18 LC-19 LC-20 LC-21 LC-22 LC-25 LC-26 LC-29 LC-30 LC-31 LC-32 LC-34 LC-36 SLC-37 LC-39 SLC-40 SLC-41 LC-43 LC-45 LC-46 LC-47

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