Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12
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.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: former rocket launch site in Brevard County, Florida
- Also known as: “Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 12”, “Cape Canaveral AFS LC-12”, “Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12”, “Cape Canaveral LC-12”, “Cape Canaveral SFS Launch Complex 12”, “Cape Canaveral SFS LC-12”, “Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Complex 12”, “Launch Complex 12”, “LC-12”, and “LC12”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11 and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11 is situated 2,100 feet south of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12.
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 4,100 feet northwest of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip
Aerodrome
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip is situated 2 miles southwest of Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12
- Categories: launch pad, military installation, and historic site
- Location: Brevard, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude
28.48071° or 28° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-80.54193° or 80° 32′ 31″ westOpen location code
76WXFFJ5+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 195727089OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q918309
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مجمع إطلاق قاعدة كيب كانافيرال للقوات الجوية 12”
- Azerbaijani: “LC-12”
- Catalan: “Complex de llançament 12”
- Chinese: “卡納維拉爾角空軍基地12號發射複合體”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角空军基地12号发射台”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角空军基地12号发射复合体”
- Finnish: “Cape Canaveral AFS LC-12”
- Finnish: “Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12”
- German: “Launch Complex 12”
- German: “LC-12”
- Greek: “Συγκρότημα εκτοξεύσεων 12”
- Hebrew: “LC-1212”
- Hebrew: “נמל החלל קייפ קנוורל כן שיגור 12”
- Hindi: “केप केनवरल एयर फोर्स स्टेशन प्रक्षेपण परिसर 12”
- Indonesian: “Kompleks Peluncuran 12 Cape Canaveral”
- Japanese: “ケープカナベラル空軍基地第12複合発射施設”
- Luxembourgish: “Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 12”
- Russian: “LC-12”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Theodolite Base and Canaveral.
Nearby Places
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