Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40
.jpg) SLC-40 during launch of NG-20 in January 2024 with the newly constructed tower and access arm for future crewed launches | |||||||||||
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| Launch site | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | ||||||||||
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| Location | 28°33′44″N 80°34′38″W / 28.562106°N 80.577180°W | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) | ||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) | ||||||||||
| Short name | SLC-40 | ||||||||||
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| Total launches | 261 | ||||||||||
| Orbital inclination range | 28.5–55, 66–145°[1] | ||||||||||
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Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), sometimes referred to as "Slick Forty," is a launch pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Initially opened as Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) and used by the United States Air Force for 55 launches of rockets from the Titan family between 1965 and 2005. In 2007, SpaceX acquired a lease for SLC-40 and has since transformed the complex into a high-volume launch site for the Falcon 9 rocket. As of August 2024, the pad has hosted over 200 Falcon 9 launches.
A major setback occurred in 2016 when a catastrophic explosion during a static fire test heavily damaged the facility. After extensive repairs and upgrades, SLC-40 returned to service in December 2017. To further enhance its capabilities, a tower and access arm were added in 2023 to support SpaceX's crewed missions.
Titan
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Originally designated Launch Complex 40, SLC-40 hosted its inaugural launch for the United States Air Force in June 1965, a Titan IIIC rocket equipped with two transtage upper stages for testing purposes.
Notably, the pad served as the launch site for two interplanetary missions: the failed Mars Observer in September 1992 and the successful Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn in October 1997.
Over its lifetime, SLC-40 supported a total of 55 Titan launches, including 26 Titan IIICs, eight Titan 34Ds, four Commercial Titan IIIs, and 17 Titan IVs. The final Titan launch from SLC-40 was the Lacrosse-5 reconnaissance satellite carried on a Titan IV-B on April 30, 2005.[2]
Following the conclusion of Titan operations, the launch complex underwent significant transformation. The tower was dismantled in early 2008, followed by the controlled demolition of the Mobile Service Structure later that year.[3]
SpaceX / Falcon 9
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SpaceX leased SLC-40 from the U.S. Air Force in April 2007 to launch its Falcon 9 rocket.[4] Ground facility construction began the following year, including a rocket and payload preparation hangar and new fuel tanks. A spherical liquid oxygen tank previously used at LC-34 was purchased from NASA.
The first Falcon 9 arrived in late 2008, with the inaugural launch in June 2010 carrying a dummy payload. A Dragon spacecraft demonstration flight followed in December. Starting in 2012, SLC-40 became the primary launch site for the Dragon cargo vehicle providing provide two-way logistics to and from the International Space Station, a role previously filled by the Space Shuttle until its retirement in 2011.[5]
To accommodate the heavier Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket, the launch pad was modified in 2013.[6] Launch frequency gradually increased from 2014, with a mix of Dragon and satellite missions.
A catastrophic explosion occurred at SLC-40 in September 2016 during a static fire test, destroying a Falcon 9 rocket and its payload, the AMOS-6 satellite. The incident caused significant damage to the launch pad.[7][8] After a thorough investigation and cleanup, repairs and upgrades began in early 2017.[9] SLC-40 returned to service in December 2017 with the successful launch of CRS-13.[10][11][12]
SpaceX had leased Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at the nearby Kennedy Space Center from NASA in April 2014, which allowed launches to continue to from Florida during the reconstruction of SLC-40. In August 2018, LC-39A received an access arm, allowing crew to be loaded onto Crew Dragon 2 capsules along with late payload changes on Cargo Dragon 2 capsules. Because SLC-40 lacked an access arm, Dragon missions were paused after the original Dragon 1 capsule was retired in 2020.[13]
In the 2020s, SLC-40 would become SpaceX’s "workhorse" launch pad, hosting less complex satellite launch missions as frequently as every week, completing 50 launches of this launch pad alone in 2023. Meanwhile, LC-39A was used less, being reserved for Dragon crew and cargo flights, Falcon Heavy missions, and other complex missions.[13]
To add additional operational flexibility and reduce reliance on LC-39A, in early 2023, SpaceX began constructing an access arm at SLC-40.[13] In February 2024, SpaceX tested its new emergency escape system for future crewed missions, which uses an evacuation slide instead of the slidewire baskets used at LC-39A.[14]
The arm was first used ahead of in early 2024 to accommodate late loading of supplies into cargo spacecraft.[13][15] SLC-40 is scheduled to be used to launch its first crewed mission in September 2024, SpaceX Crew-9.[16] The mission had been slated to use LC-39A, but was shifted to SLC-40 when the launch was delayed due to issues with the Boeing Starliner Calypso spacecraft that was docked to the ISS. The September launch of Crew-9 was uncomfortably close to the launch NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which must launch from LC-39A during a 21-day window in early October.[17]
Launch history
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Past launches
[edit]| Date | Time (UTC) | Rocket Type | Serial Number | Mission / Payload |
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| June 18, 1965 | 14:00 | Titan III | 3C-7 | Transtage 5 |
| October 15, 1965 | 17:24 | Titan III | 3C-4 | OV-2 |
| November 3, 1966 | 13:50 | Titan III | 3C-9 | OV-4 / Gemini B |
| April 8, 1970 | 10:50 | Titan III | 3C-18 | Vela 6A / Vela 6B |
| November 6, 1970 | 10:35 | Titan III | 3C-19 | IMEWS 1 |
| May 5, 1971 | 07:43 | Titan III | 3C-20 | IMEWS 2 |
| November 3, 1971 | 03:09 | Titan III | 3C-21 | DSCS II F-1 / DSCS II F-2 |
| March 1, 1972 | 09:39 | Titan III | 3C-22 | IMEWS 3 |
| June 13, 1973 | 07:14 | Titan III | 3C-24 | IMEWS 4 |
| December 13, 1973 | 23:57 | Titan III | 3C-26 | DSCS II F-3 / DSCS II F-4 |
| May 30, 1974 | 13:00 | Titan III | 3C-27 | ATS 6 |
| May 20, 1975 | 14:03 | Titan III | 3C-25 | DSCS II F-5 / DSCS II F-6 |
| December 14, 1975 | 05:15 | Titan III | 3C-29 | IMEWS 5 |
| March 15, 1975 | 01:25 | Titan III | 3C-30 | LES 8 / LES 9 / Solrad 11A / Solrad 11B |
| June 26, 1976 | 03:00 | Titan III | 3C-28 | IMEWS 6 |
| February 6, 1977 | 06:00 | Titan III | 3C-23 | IMEWS 7 |
| May 12, 1977 | 14:26 | Titan III | 3C-32 | DSCS II F-7 / DSCS II F-8 |
| March 25, 1978 | 18:09 | Titan III | 3C-35 | DSCS II F-9 / DSCS II F-10 |
| June 10, 1978 | 19:12 | Titan III | 3C-33 | Chalet 1 |
| December 14, 1978 | 00:43 | Titan III | 3C-36 | DSCS II F-11 / DSCS II F-12 |
| June 10, 1979 | 13:39 | Titan III | 3C-31 | IMEWS 10 |
| October 1, 1979 | 11:22 | Titan III | 3C-34 | Chalet 2 |
| November 21, 1979 | 21:36 | Titan III | 3C-37 | DSCS II F-13 / DSCS II F-14 |
| March 16, 1981 | 19:24 | Titan III | 3C-40 | IMEWS 11 |
| October 31, 1981 | 09:22 | Titan III | 3C-39 | Chalet 3 |
| March 6, 1982 | 19:25 | Titan III | 3C-38 | IMEWS 13 |
| October 30, 1982 | 03:05 | Titan 34D | 34D-1 IUS | DSCS II F-15 / DSCS III F-1 |
| January 31, 1984 | 03:08 | Titan 34D | 34D-10 Transtage | Chalet 4 |
| April 14, 1984 | 16:52 | Titan 34D | 34D-11 Transtage | DSP MOS/PIM |
| December 22, 1984 | 00:02 | Titan 34D | 34D-13 Transtage | DSP Phase 2 |
| November 29, 1987 | 03:28 | Titan 34D | 34D-8 Transtage | DSP Phase 2 |
| September 2, 1988 | 12:05 | Titan 34D | 34D-3 Transtage | Chalet 5 |
| May 10, 1989 | 19:47 | Titan 34D | 34D-16 Transtage | Chalet 6 |
| September 4, 1989 | 05:54 | Titan 34D | 34D-2 Transtage | DSCS II F-16 / DSCS III F-4 |
| January 1, 1990 | 00:07 | Commercial Titan | CT-1 | Skynet 4A / JCSAT 2 |
| March 14, 1990 | 11:52 | Commercial Titan | CT-2 | Intelsat 6 F-3 |
| June 23, 1990 | 11:19 | Commercial Titan | CT-3 | Intelsat 6 F-4 |
| September 25, 1992 | 17:05 | Commercial Titan | CT-4 | Mars Observer |
| February 7, 1994 | 21:47 | Titan IV | 401A K-10 Centaur TC-12 | Milstar 1-01 |
| December 22, 1994 | 22:19 | Titan IV | 402A K-14 IUS | DSP-1 Block 14 F17 |
| May 14, 1995 | 13:45 | Titan IV | 401A K-23 Centaur TC-17 | Orion 1 |
| November 6, 1995 | 05:15 | Titan IV | 401A K-21 Centaur TC-13 | Milstar 2 |
| July 3, 1996 | 00:31 | Titan IV | 405A K-2 | SDS-B4 |
| February 23, 1997 | 20:20 | Titan IV | 402B K-24 IUS | DSP-1 Block 18 F18 |
| October 15, 1997 | 08:43 | Titan IV | 401B K-33 Centaur | Cassini-Huygens |
| May 9, 1998 | 01:38 | Titan IV | 401B K-25 Centaur TC-18 | Orion 2 |
| April 30, 1999 | 16:30 | Titan IV | 401B K-26 Centaur TC-14 | Milstar 2 DFS-3 |
| May 8, 2000 | 16:01 | Titan IV | 402B K-29 IUS | DSP-1 Block 18 F20 |
| February 27, 2001 | 21:20 | Titan IV | 401B K-30 Centaur TC-22 | Milstar 2 DFS-4 |
| August 6, 2001 | 07:28 | Titan IV | 402B IUS | DSP-1 Block 18 F21 |
| January 16, 2002 | 00:30 | Titan IV | 401B Centaur TC-19 | Milstar 2 DFS-5 |
| April 8, 2003 | 13:43 | Titan IV | 401B Centaur TC-23 | Milstar 6 |
| September 9, 2003 | 04:29 | Titan IV | 401B Centaur TC-20 | NROL-19 |
| February 24, 2004 | 18:50 | Titan IV | 402B IUS | DSP-1 Block 18 F22 |
| April 30, 2005 | 00:50 | Titan IV | 405B IUS | USA 182 |
| June 4, 2010 | 18:45 | Falcon 9 v1.0 | F9-1 | Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit |
| December 8, 2010 | 05:43 | Falcon 9 v1.0 | F9-2 | Dragon COTS-1 |
| May 22, 2012 | 07:44 | Falcon 9 v1.0 | F9-3 | Dragon COTS-2 |
| October 8, 2012 | 00:35 | Falcon 9 v1.0 | F9-4 | Dragon CRS-1 |
| March 1, 2013 | 15:10 | Falcon 9 v1.0 | F9-5 | Dragon CRS-2 |
| December 3, 2013 | 22:41 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-7 | SES 8 |
| January 6, 2014 | 22:06 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-8 | Thaicom 6 |
| April 18, 2014 | 19:25 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-9 | Dragon CRS-3 |
| July 14, 2014 | 15:15 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-10 | Six Telecommunication satellites for Orbcomm |
| August 5, 2014 | 08:00 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-11 | AsiaSat 8 |
| September 7, 2014 | 05:00 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-12 | AsiaSat 6 |
| September 21, 2014 | 05:52 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-13 | Dragon CRS-4 |
| January 10, 2015 | 09:47 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-14 | Dragon CRS-5 |
| February 11, 2015 | 23:03 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-15 | DSCOVR |
| March 2, 2015 | 03:50 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-16 | Eutelsat 115 West B, ABS 3A |
| April 14, 2015 | 20:10 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-17 | Dragon CRS-6 |
| April 27, 2015 | 23:03 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-18 | TurkmenAlem52E / MonacoSat 1 |
| June 28, 2015 | 14:21 | Falcon 9 v1.1 | F9-19 | Dragon CRS-7 with IDA-1 |
| December 22, 2015 | 01:29 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-20 | Eleven Telecommunication satellites for Orbcomm |
| March 4, 2016 | 23:35 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-22 | Communication satellite SES-9 |
| April 8, 2016 | 20:43 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-23 | Dragon CRS-8 with the inflatable ISS-Module BEAM in its unpressurized cargo section in the trunk |
| May 6, 2016 | 05:21 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-24 | Japanese Communication satellite JCSAT-14 |
| May 27, 2016 | 21:39 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-25 | Communication satellite Thaicom 8 |
| June 15, 2016 | 14:29 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-26 | Communication satellites Eutelsat 117 West B and ABS 2A |
| July 18, 2016 | 04:45 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-27 | Dragon CRS-9 with IDA-2 |
| August 14, 2016 | 05:26 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-28 | Japanese Communication satellite JCSAT-16 |
| December 15, 2017 | 15:36 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-45 | Dragon CRS-13 |
| January 8, 2018 | 01:00 | Falcon 9 B4 | F9-47 | Zuma |
| January 31, 2018 | 21:25 | Falcon 9 FT | F9-48 | GovSat-1 |
| March 6, 2018 | 05:33 | Falcon 9 B4 | F9-50 | Hispasat 30W-6 |
| April 2, 2018 | 20:30 | Falcon 9 B4 | F9-52 | Dragon CRS-14 |
| April 18, 2018 | 22:51 | Falcon 9 B4 | F9-53 | TESS |
| June 4, 2018 | 04:45 | Falcon 9 B4 | F9-56 | SES-12 |
| June 29, 2018 | 09:42 | Falcon 9 B4 | F9-57 | Dragon CRS-15 |
| July 22, 2018 | 05:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-58 | Telstar 19V |
| August 7, 2018 | 05:18 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-60 | Telkom-4 (Merah Putih) |
| September 10, 2018 | 04:45 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-61 | Telstar 18V |
| December 5, 2018 | 18:16 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-65 | Dragon CRS-16 |
| December 23, 2018 | 13:51 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-66 | GPS III SV01 |
| February 22, 2019 | 01:45 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-68 | Nusantara Satu / S5 (Smallsat) / Beresheet |
| May 4, 2019 | 06:48 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-70 | Dragon CRS-17 |
| May 24, 2019 | 02:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-71 | Starlink 1 |
| July 25, 2019 | 22:02 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-73 | Dragon CRS-18 |
| August 6, 2019 | 23:23 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-74 | AMOS 17 |
| November 11, 2019 | 14:56 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-75 | Starlink 1 (v1.0) |
| December 5, 2019 | 17:29 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-76 | Dragon CRS-19 |
| December 17, 2019 | 00:10 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-77 | JCSAT-18 / Kacific 1 |
| January 7, 2020 | 02:19 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-78 | Starlink 2 (v1.0) |
| January 29, 2020 | 14:06 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-80 | Starlink 3 (v1.0) |
| February 17, 2020 | 15:05 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-81 | Starlink 4 (v1.0) |
| March 7, 2020 | 04:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-82 | Dragon CRS-20 |
| June 4, 2020 | 01:25 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-86 | Starlink 7 (v1.0) |
| June 13, 2020 | 09:21 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-87 | Starlink 8 (v1.0) / SkySat 16–18 |
| June 30, 2020 | 20:10 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-88 | GPS IIIA-03 |
| July 20, 2020 | 21:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-89 | Anasis-II |
| August 18, 2020 | 14:31 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-91 | Starlink 10 (v1.0) / SkySat 19–21 |
| August 30, 2020 | 23:19 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-92 | SAOCOM 1B / GNOMES 1 / Tyvak 0172 |
| October 24, 2020 | 15:31 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-96 | Starlink 14 (v1.0) |
| November 5, 2020 | 23:24 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-97 | GPS IIIA-4 |
| November 25, 2020 | 02:13 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-100 | Starlink 15 (v1.0) |
| December 13, 2020 | 17:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-102 | SXM-7 |
| January 8, 2021 | 02:15 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-104 | Türksat 5A |
| January 24, 2021 | 15:00 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-106 | Transporter-1 |
| February 4, 2021 | 06:19 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-107 | Starlink V1.0-L18 |
| February 15, 2021 | 03:59 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-108 | Starlink V1.0-L19 |
| March 11, 2021 | 08:13 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-110 | Starlink V1.0-L20 |
| March 24, 2021 | 08:28 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-112 | Starlink V1.0-L22 |
| April 7, 2021 | 16:34 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-113 | Starlink V1.0-L23 |
| April 29, 2021 | 03:44 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-115 | Starlink V1.0-L24 |
| May 9, 2021 | 07:42 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-117 | Starlink V1.0-L27 |
| May 26, 2021 | 18:59 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-119 | Starlink V1.0-L28 |
| June 6, 2021 | 04:26 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-121 | SXM-8 |
| June 17, 2021 | 16:09 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-122 | GPS IIIA-05 |
| June 30, 2021 | 19:31 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-123 | Transporter-2 |
| November 13, 2021 | 12:19 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-128 | Starlink Group 4-1 |
| December 2, 2021 | 23:12 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-130 | Starlink Group 4-3 |
| December 19, 2021 | 03:58 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-133 | Türksat 5B |
| January 13, 2022 | 15:25 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-136 | Transporter-3 |
| January 31, 2022 | 23:11 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-138 | CSG-2 |
| February 21, 2022 | 14:44 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-141 | Starlink Group 4-8 |
| March 9, 2022 | 13:45 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-144 | Starlink Group 4-10 |
| March 19, 2022 | 04:22 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-145 | Starlink Group 4-12 |
| April 1, 2022 | 12:47 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-146 | Transporter-4 |
| April 21, 2022 | 17:51 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-149 | Starlink Group 4-14 |
| April 29, 2022 | 21:27 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-151 | Starlink Group 4-16 |
| May 14, 2022 | 20:40 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-154 | Starlink Group 4-15 |
| May 25, 2022 | 18:35 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-156 | Transporter-5 |
| June 8, 2022 | 21:04 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-157 | Nilesat-301 |
| June 19, 2022 | 04:27 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-160 | Globalstar FM15 |
| June 29, 2022 | 21:04 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-161 | SES-22 |
| July 7, 2022 | 13:11 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-162 | Starlink Group 4-21 |
| July 17, 2022 | 14:20 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-165 | Starlink Group 4-22 |
| August 4, 2022 | 23:08 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-168 | KPLO |
| August 19, 2022 | 19:21 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-171 | Starlink Group 4-27 |
| August 28, 2022 | 03:41 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-172 | Starlink Group 4-23 |
| September 5, 2022 | 02:09 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-174 | Starlink Group 4-20 |
| September 19, 2022 | 00:18 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-176 | Starlink Group 4-34 |
| September 24, 2022 | 23:32 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-177 | Starlink Group 4-35 |
| October 8, 2022 | 23:05 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-180 | Galaxy 33 & 34 |
| October 15, 2022 | 05:22 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-181 | Hotbird 13F |
| October 20, 2022 | 14:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-182 | Starlink Group 4-36 |
| November 3, 2022 | 05:22 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-184 | Hotbird 13G |
| November 12, 2022 | 16:06 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-185 | Galaxy 31 & 32 |
| November 23, 2022 | 02:57 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-186 | Eutelsat 10B |
| December 11, 2022 | 07:38 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-189 | Hakuto-R Mission 1 |
| December 16, 2022 | 22:48 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-191 | O3b mPOWER 1 & 2 |
| December 28, 2022 | 09:34 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-193 | Starlink Group 5-1 |
| January 3, 2023 | 14:56 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-195 | Transporter-6 |
| January 10, 2023 | 04:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-196 | OneWeb L16 |
| January 18, 2023 | 12:24 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-197 | GPS III-06 |
| January 26, 2023 | 09:32 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-199 | Starlink Group 5-2 |
| February 7, 2023 | 01:32 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-202 | Amazonas Nexus |
| February 12, 2023 | 05:10 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-203 | Starlink Group 5-4 |
| February 18, 2023 | 03:59 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-205 | Inmarsat-6 F2 |
| February 27, 2023 | 23:13 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-206 | Starlink Group 6-1 |
| March 9, 2023 | 19:13 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-209 | OneWeb L17 |
| March 17, 2023 | 23:38 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-212 | SES-18 & SES-19 |
| March 24, 2023 | 15:43 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-213 | Starlink Group 5-5 |
| March 29, 2023 | 20:01 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-214 | Starlink Group 5-10 |
| April 7, 2023 | 04:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-216 | Intelsat 40e/TEMPO |
| April 19, 2023 | 14:31 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-218 | Starlink Group 6-2 |
| April 28, 2023 | 22:12 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-220 | O3b mPOWER 3 & 4 |
| May 4, 2023 | 07:31 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-221 | Starlink Group 5-6 |
| May 14, 2023 | 05:03 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-223 | Starlink Group 5-9 |
| May 19, 2023 | 06:19 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-224 | Starlink Group 6-3 |
| May 27, 2023 | 04:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-227 | Arabsat 7B (Badr 8) |
| June 4, 2023 | 12:20 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-229 | Starlink Group 6-4 |
| June 12, 2023 | 07:10 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-231 | Starlink Group 5-11 |
| June 18, 2023 | 22:21 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-233 | Satria |
| June 23, 2023 | 15:35 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-235 | Starlink Group 5-12 |
| July 1, 2023 | 15:12 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-236 | Euclid Telescope |
| July 10, 2023 | 03:58 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-238 | Starlink Group 6-5 |
| July 16, 2023 | 03:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-239 | Starlink Group 5-15 |
| July 24, 2023 | 00:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-241 | Starlink Group 6-6 |
| July 28, 2023 | 04:01 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-242 | Starlink Group 6-7 |
| August 3, 2023 | 05:00 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-243 | Galaxy 37 |
| August 7, 2023 | 02:41 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-244 | Starlink Group 6-8 |
| August 11, 2023 | 05:17 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-246 | Starlink Group 6-9 |
| August 17, 2023 | 03:36 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-247 | Starlink Group 6-10 |
| August 27, 2023 | 01:05 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-250 | Starlink Group 6-11 |
| September 1, 2023 | 02:21 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-251 | Starlink Group 6-13 |
| September 9, 2023 | 03:12 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-254 | Starlink Group 6-14 |
| September 16, 2023 | 03:38 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-256 | Starlink Group 6-16 |
| September 20, 2023 | 03:38 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-257 | Starlink Group 6-17 |
| September 24, 2023 | 03:38 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-258 | Starlink Group 6-18 |
| September 30, 2023 | 02:00 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-260 | Starlink Group 6-19 |
| October 5, 2023 | 05:36 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-261 | Starlink Group 6-21 |
| October 13, 2023 | 23:01 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-263 | Starlink Group 6-22 |
| October 18, 2023 | 00:39 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-264 | Starlink Group 6-23 |
| October 22, 2023 | 02:17 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-266 | Starlink Group 6-24 |
| October 30, 2023 | 23:20 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-268 | Starlink Group 6-25 |
| November 4, 2023 | 00:37 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-269 | Starlink Group 6-26 |
| November 8, 2023 | 05:05 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-270 | Starlink Group 6-27 |
| November 12, 2023 | 21:08 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-273 | O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 |
| November 18, 2023 | 05:05 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-274 | Starlink Group 6-28 |
| November 22, 2023 | 07:47 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-276 | Starlink Group 6-29 |
| November 28, 2023 | 04:20 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-277 | Starlink Group 6-30 |
| December 3, 2023 | 04:00 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-279 | Starlink Group 6-31 |
| December 7, 2023 | 05:07 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-280 | Starlink Group 6-33 |
| December 19, 2023 | 04:01 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-282 | Starlink Group 6-34 |
| December 23, 2023 | 05:33 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-283 | Starlink Group 6-32 |
| December 29, 2023 | 04:01 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-285 | Starlink Group 6-36 |
| January 3, 2024 | 23:04 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-287 | Ovzon-3 |
| January 7, 2024 | 22:35 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-288 | Starlink Group 6-35 |
| January 15, 2024 | 01:52 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-290 | Starlink Group 6-37 |
| January 30, 2024 | 17:07 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-295 | Cygnus NG-20 |
| February 8, 2024 | 06:33 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-296 | PACE |
| February 14, 2024 | 22:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-298 | USSF-124 |
| February 20, 2024 | 20:11 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-301 | HTS-113BT (Merah Putih 2) |
| February 25, 2024 | 22:06 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-303 | Starlink Group 6-39 |
| February 29, 2024 | 15:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-304 | Starlink Group 6-40 |
| March 4, 2024 | 23:56 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-307 | Starlink Group 6-41 |
| March 10, 2024 | 23:05 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-308 | Starlink Group 6-43 |
| March 21, 2024 | 20:55 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-312 | SpaceX CRS-30 |
| March 25, 2024 | 23:42 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-314 | Starlink Group 6-46 |
| March 31, 2024 | 01:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-316 | Starlink Group 6-45 |
| April 5, 2024 | 09:12 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-318 | Starlink Group 6-47 |
| April 10, 2024 | 05:40 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-321 | Starlink Group 6-48 |
| April 13, 2024 | 01:40 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-323 | Starlink Group 6-49 |
| April 18, 2024 | 22:40 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-325 | Starlink Group 6-52 |
| April 23, 2024 | 22:17 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-326 | Starlink Group 6-53 |
| April 28, 2024 | 22:08 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-328 | Starlink Group 6-54 |
| May 3, 2024 | 02:37 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-330 | Starlink Group 6-55 |
| May 6, 2024 | 18:14 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-331 | Starlink Group 6-57 |
| May 13, 2024 | 00:53 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-334 | Starlink Group 6-58 |
| May 18, 2024 | 00:32 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-336 | Starlink Group 6-59 |
| May 23, 2024 | 02:35 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-338 | Starlink Group 6-62 |
| May 28, 2024 | 14:24 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-340 | Starlink Group 6-60 |
| June 1, 2024 | 02:37 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-342 | Starlink Group 6-64 |
| June 5, 2024 | 02:16 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-343 | Starlink Group 8-5 |
| June 8, 2024 | 01:56 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-344 | Starlink Group 10-1 |
| June 20, 2024 | 21:35 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-347 | Astra 1P/SES-24 |
| June 23, 2024 | 17:15 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-348 | Starlink Group 10-2 |
| June 27, 2024 | 11:14 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-350 | Starlink Group 10-3 |
| July 3, 2024 | 08:55 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-352 | Starlink Group 8-9 |
| July 8, 2024 | 23:30 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-353 | Türksat 6A |
| July 28, 2024 | 05:09 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-356 | Starlink Group 10-4 |
| August 4, 2024 | 15:02 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-360 | Cygnus NG-21 |
| August 10, 2024 | 12:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-361 | Starlink Group 8-3 |
| August 15, 2024 | 13:00 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-364 | WorldView Legion 3-4 |
| August 20, 2024 | 13:20 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-366 | Starlink Group 10-5 |
| August 28, 2024 | 07:48 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-367 | Starlink Group 8-6 |
| August 31, 2024 | 07:43 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-368 | Starlink Group 8-10 |
| September 5, 2024 | 15:33 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-370 | Starlink Group 8-11 |
| September 12, 2024 | 08:52 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-373 | BlueBird Block 1 #1-5 |
| September 17, 2024 | 22:50 | Falcon 9 B5 | F9-375 | Galileo-L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) |
Upcoming launches
[edit]| Date | Rocket Type | Mission / Payload |
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| September 25, 2024 | Falcon 9 B5 | SpaceX Crew-9 |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40.
Wikinews has related news:
- ^ "Falcon User's Guide" (PDF). SpaceX. September 2021. p. 11.
- ^ "Launch Complex 40". Afspacemuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ^ Hidalgo Whitesides, Loretta (May 1, 2008). "Launch Pad Demolition Clears Way for SpaceX Rockets". Wired. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
- ^ Kelly, John (April 25, 2007). "SpaceX cleared for Cape launches". Florida Today. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
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On the West Coast, three missions have set placeholders for launch from Vandenberg, namely Iridium 2 on June 17, the Formosat-5 mission on July 22 and Iridium-3 on August 24.
- ^ "SpaceX launches and lands its first used rocket for NASA". The Verge. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d Clark, Stephen (2024-03-20). "SpaceX's workhorse launch pad now has the accoutrements for astronauts". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ Robinson-Smith, Will (2024-02-27). "SpaceX tests new emergency escape system to certify pad 40 at Cape Canaveral for astronaut missions". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Smith, Martin (2024-03-21). "SpaceX's 30th resupply mission uses new access tower at SLC-40 for the first time". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Berger, Eric (6 August 2024). "NASA chief will make the final decision on how Starliner crew flies home". Ars Technica. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
The Crew-9 mission is now expected to launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This will be the first crewed launch from this complex, which SpaceX has built up in addition to its crew tower at Launch Complex 39A at nearby Kennedy Space Center.
- ^ Niles-Carnes, Elyna (6 August 2024). "NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational Flexibility". NASA. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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