SpaceX Landing Zones 1 & 2 (Former Launch Complex 13)

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Old NASA launch pad 13

Launch site of 5 NASA Lunar Orbiter Probes.

First launch: 2 August 1958
Last launch: 7 April 1978

Atlas B: 2 Launches
Atlas D: 13 Launches
Atlas E: 14 Launches
Atlas F: 1 Launch
Atlas LV-3-Agena D: 9 Launches
Atlas SLV-3A-Agena D: 12 Launches

On February 10, 2015 SpaceX signed an agreement to begin development of a group of five landing pads at this site for recovery of its Falcon 9 first stage. In the event, only two have been built together with a hangar and other facilities. They remain in operation.

First landing: 21 December 2015
Most recent landing: 5 December 2018

Falcon 9 Full Thrust: 9 landings
Falcon Heavy (side boosters): 2 landings
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_13
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Coordinates:   28°29'10"N   80°32'39"W

Comments

  • The SpaceX site shows 3 smaller circular pads and one larger one closer t o the ocean. Plus a rectangular paved area.
  • Photography used in Wikimapia can sometimes be a bit dated. Obviously this from before work started after Jan 2015 when area was leased. SpaceX has only built one large 86m diameter pad so far. 3 smaller pads are for landing Falcon Heavy Booster stages (not sure why 3 rather than just 2, maybe a spare). Rectangular area is supposedly for stage handling, supposedly something about going from vertical to horizontal, but I would think that would happen on the pad using a transporter of some kind.
  • Added today
  • 2/20/2017 landing first stage, Falcon 9 - resupply to ISS
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