List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites
and adjacent Merritt Island on Florida's Atlantic coast are home to two American spaceports, one civilian and one military, servicing several active launch sites.
Kennedy Space Center
, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes with two active pads on Merritt Island. From 1968-1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo-Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981–2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009. Since 2017, SpaceX use Launch Complex 39A to launch their launch vehicles.Site | Status | Uses |
Launch Complex 39A | Active Owned by NASA, Leased to SpaceX | Current: Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 Block 5 Prior: Saturn V, Space Shuttle Future: Starship |
Launch Complex 39B | Active Owned by NASA | Prior: Saturn V, Saturn IB, Space Shuttle Future: Space Launch System, OmegA |
Launch Complex 39C | Inactive Owned by NASA | |
Launch Complex 48 | Under Construction Owned by NASA |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
, operated by the 45th Space Wing of the U.S. Air Force, was the site of all U.S. crewed launches before Apollo 8, as well as many other early Department of Defense and NASA launches. For the DoD, it plays a secondary role to Vandenberg AFB in California, but is the launch site for many NASA uncrewed space probes, as those spacecraft are typically launched on Air Force launchers. Much of the support activity for CCAFS occurs at Patrick Air Force Base to the south, its reporting base.Active launch vehicles are in bold.
Active sites
Inactive sites
Spaceport Florida
, the U.S. Air Force committed to lease Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 36 to Space Florida for future use by the Athena III launch system. It is not known if the plan was subsequently implemented. Blue Origin leased Complex 36 in 2015, with plans to launch its reusable orbital vehicle from there by 2020.Site | Status | Uses |
Space Launch Complex 36A | Undergoing renovation - Leased to Blue Origin | Previous: Atlas/Centaur, )Atlas II Future: New Glenn |
Space Launch Complex 36B | Undergoing renovation - Leased to Blue Origin | Previous: Atlas, Atlas II, Atlas III Future: New Glenn |
Space Launch Complex 46 | Active | Previous: Athena, Trident II, Future: Minotaur IV, |