Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11
Launch Complex 11 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, is a launch complex used by Atlas missiles between 1958 and 1964. It is the southernmost of the launch pads known as Missile Row.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: former rocket launch site in Brevard County, Florida
- Also known as: “Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 11”, “Cape Canaveral AFS LC-11”, “Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 11”, “Cape Canaveral LC-11”, “Cape Canaveral SFS Launch Complex 11”, “Cape Canaveral SFS LC-11”, “Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 11”, “Launch Complex 11”, “LC-11”, and “LC11”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12 and Cape Canaveral lighthouse.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12
Ruins
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Launch Complex 12 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida was a launch pad used by Atlas rockets and missiles between 1958 and 1967. It was the second-most southern of the pads known as Missile Row, between LC-11 to the south and LC-13 to the north. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12 is situated 2,100 feet north of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11.
Cape Canaveral lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cape Canaveral Light is a historic lighthouse on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous shoals that lie off its coast. Cape Canaveral lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14
Ruins
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Launch Complex 14 is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Part of the Missile Row lineup of launch sites in the region, LC-14 was used for various crewed and uncrewed Atlas launches, including the February 1962 Friendship 7 flight aboard which John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 is situated 1¼ miles north of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11
- Categories: launch pad, military installation, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brevard, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
28.47528° or 28° 28′ 31″ northLongitude
-80.53952° or 80° 32′ 22″ westOpen location code
76WXFFG6+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 195727088OpenStreetMap feature
historic=launchpadWikidata ID
Q918344
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡納維拉爾角空軍基地11號發射複合體”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角空军基地11号发射台”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角空军基地11号发射复合体”
- Dutch: “Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Lanceercomplex 11”
- Finnish: “Cape Canaveral AFS LC-11”
- Finnish: “Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 11”
- German: “Launch Complex 11”
- German: “LC-11”
- Greek: “Συγκρότημα εκτοξεύσεων 11”
- Indonesian: “Kompleks Peluncuran 11 Cape Canaveral”
- Japanese: “ケープカナベラル空軍基地第11複合発射施設”
- Russian: “LC-11”
- Slovenian: “Cape Canaveral LC-11”
- Slovenian: “izstrelitveni kompleks 11 na Cape Canaveralu”
- Slovenian: “Launch Complex 11”
- Slovenian: “LC-11”
- Slovenian: “LC11”
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