Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: military airfield in Florida, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip”, “Cape Canaveral SFS Skid Strip”, “Cape Canaveral Skid Strip”, “Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip”, “KXMR”, “Skid Strip”, and “XMR”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum
Theme park
Photo: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum is located at Launch Complex 26 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It includes artifacts from the early American space program and includes an outdoor area displaying rockets, missiles, and space-related equipment chronicling the space and missile history of the US Air Force, the US Space Force and other military branches.
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 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 Air Force Station Skid Strip
- Categories: air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Brevard, Florida, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.4664° or 28° 27′ 59″ northLongitude
-80.5659° or 80° 33′ 57″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
76WXFC8M+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 849820361OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfieldWikidata ID
Q3275436
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip”
- Chinese: “卡納維拉爾角空軍基地滑行帶”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角空军基地滑行带”
- French: “aérodrome de Cape Canaveral Afs Skid Strip”
- French: “Aérodrome de Cape Canaveral Afs Skid Strip”
- French: “XMR”
- Indonesian: “KXMR”
- Indonesian: “XMR”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی کیپ کنورل اسکید استریپ”
- Russian: “Взлётно-посадочная полоса базы ВВС США на мысе Канаверал”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво кеп кнурл оскид острип”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Кейп Канаверал Скид Стрип”
- Urdu: “کیپ کیناورل ایئرفورس اسٹیشن سکیڈ اسٹرپ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Missile Row and Cape Canaveral.
Notable Places Nearby
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