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Former launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 (LC-5 ) was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station , Florida used for various Redstone and Jupiter launches.
It is most well known as the launch site for NASA 's 1961 suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 flight, which made Alan Shepard the first American in space. It was also the launch site of Gus Grissom 's July, 1961, Mercury-Redstone 4 flight. The Mercury-Redstone 1 pad abort, Mercury-Redstone 1A , and the January, 1961, Mercury-Redstone 2 with a chimpanzee, Ham , aboard, also used LC-5.
A total of 23 launches were conducted from LC-5: one Jupiter-A , six Jupiter IRBMs , one Jupiter-C , four Juno Is , four Juno IIs and seven Redstones. The first launch from the complex was a Jupiter-A on July 19, 1956 and the final launch was Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7
LC-5 is located next to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum which is located at LC-26 . The original launch consoles and computers are on display in the LC-5 blockhouse. As of 2020, a tour of the museum can be arranged through the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex 's "Cape Canaveral: Early Space Tour". One tour is offered daily, so the number of visitors is limited by the size of the tour.
Launch chronology
July 19, 1956: Jupiter-A CC-13
September 20, 1956: Jupiter-C RS-27
March 1, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1A
April 26, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1B
May 31, 1957: Jupiter IRBM AM-1
March 26, 1958: Juno I RS-24 (Explorer 3 )
May 17, 1958: Redstone RS-1002
July 26, 1958: Juno I RS/CC-44 (Explorer 4 )
August 24, 1958: Juno I RS/CC-47 (Explorer 5 )
October 23, 1958: Juno I RS/CC-49 (Beacon 1)
December 6, 1958: Juno II AM-11 (Pioneer 3 )
January 22, 1959: Jupiter IRBM CM-21
March 3, 1959: Juno II AM-14 (Pioneer 4 )
May 14, 1959: Jupiter IRBM AM-17
July 16, 1959: Juno II AM-16 (Explorer S-1, failed)
August 27, 1959: Jupiter IRBM AM-19
October 13, 1959: Juno II AM-19A (Explorer 7 )
November 21, 1960: Redstone MRLV -1 (MR-1 )
December 19, 1960: Redstone MRLV-3 (MR-1A )
January 31, 1961: Redstone MRLV-2 (MR-2 )
March 24, 1961: Redstone MRLV-5 (MR-BD )
May 5, 1961: Redstone MRLV-7 (MR-3 )
July 21, 1961: Redstone MRLV-8 (MR-4 ) Gallery
PGM-11 Redstone launch on May 17 conducted by US Army troops
Liberty Bell 7
See also
References
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External links
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Mercury-Redstone 1 at LC-5 in 1960
Preparations on May 16, 1958 for the first PGM-11 Redstone launch on May 17 conducted by US Army troops
Launch of Liberty Bell 7 (MR-4)
Blockhouse (2010)
Firing button (2010)
LC-5 with display Redstone (2010)
LC 5&6 blockhouse (now museum)
