Cape Canaveral Space Force Base
The Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is (a former name of a) part of the United States Air Force Space Command. The Space Command's 45th Space Wing is based at the nearby Patrick Air Force Base. The CCSFS is at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It is next to the Kennedy Space Center which is on Merritt Island. The two facilities have access to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip which is a large 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) runway for military aircraft bringing heavy and oversize loads. the CCSFS has four active launch pads for space rockets.
| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | |
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| Part of Patrick Air Force Base | |
| Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States Near Cocoa Beach in United States | |
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| Coordinates | 28°29′20″N 80°34′40″W / 28.48889°N 80.57778°W |
| Type | Rocket Launch Site |
| Area | 1,325 acres (5 km2)[1] |
| Site information | |
| Owner | U.S. Department of Defense |
| Operator | Air Force Space Command |
| Controlled by | 45th Space Wing |
| Open to the public | No |
| Website | http://www.patrick.af.mil |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940[2] |
| In use | 1948–present |
| Events | Space Race |
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | |
| Location | Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 28°29′20″N 80°34′40″W / 28.48889°N 80.57778°W |
| Area | 1,325 acres (5 km2)[1] |
| Built | 1950+[3] |
| Visitation | Not open to the public |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003872[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1984 |
| Designated NHLD | April 16, 1984[4] |
Many space missions have been launched from CCSFS. For example:
- Explorer 1 the first U.S. earth satellite (1958)
- MR-3 with Alan Shepard, the first U.S. astronaut (1961)
- Mercury-Atlas 6 with John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut in orbit (1962)
- Gemini 3, the first two-man U.S. spacecraft (1965)
- Surveyor 1, the first U.S. unmanned lunar landing (1966)
- Apollo 7, the first three-man U.S. spacecraft (1968)
- Mariner 9, the first spacecraft to orbit Mars (1971)
- Mars Pathfinder, the first mission to roam the surface of Mars (1996)
- Pioneer program, the first American spacecraft to orbit and land on Venus (1978)
- Cassini−Huygens, the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn (2004)
- MESSENGER which orbited Mercury (2011).
Related pages
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change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Patrick Air Force Base – FAQ Topic". Patrick Air Force Base. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007.
- ↑ "Cape Canaveral Air Force Station". Florida Heritage Tourism Interactive Catalog. Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. September 23, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007.
- ↑ Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Archived January 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at National Historic Landmarks Program Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
