Launch Complex 17 (inactive)
| dismantled, missile launch facility
USA /
Florida /
Cape Canaveral /
Lighthouse Road
World
/ USA
/ Florida
/ Cape Canaveral
World / United States / Florida
dismantled, missile launch facility
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (aka SLC-17), previously designated Launch Complex 17 (LC-17), was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida used for Thor and Delta rocket launches between 1958 and 2011.
It was built in 1956 for use with the PGM-17 Thor missile, the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. More recently the launch complex has been used for vehicles in the Delta rocket family, derived from the Thor missile, to launch probes to the Moon and planets, solar observatories and weather satellites.
At 7am EDT (1100 GMT) on 12 July 2018, both historic launch towers had been demolished via controlled demolition to make way for Moon Express to build and test its lunar lander.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyvYWqLlko
It was built in 1956 for use with the PGM-17 Thor missile, the first operational ballistic missile in the arsenal of the United States. More recently the launch complex has been used for vehicles in the Delta rocket family, derived from the Thor missile, to launch probes to the Moon and planets, solar observatories and weather satellites.
At 7am EDT (1100 GMT) on 12 July 2018, both historic launch towers had been demolished via controlled demolition to make way for Moon Express to build and test its lunar lander.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyvYWqLlko
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_17
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Coordinates: 28°26'47"N 80°33'59"W
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- Launch Complex 46 (Previously 43 & 45) 3.7 km
- ICBM Row (Part of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) 4.5 km
- US Naval Facility Port Canaveral 4.6 km
- Spoil Islands 5.6 km
- Port Canaveral Water Area 5.7 km
- Port Canaveral 5.7 km
- Banana River 6 km
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCAFS) 7.5 km
- Cape Canaveral 7.6 km
- Kennedy Space Center 15 km
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