The launch of GOES-N atop a Delta IV, from LC-37B

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37 (LC-37) is a launch complex at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The complex, which was built in the 1960s, consists of two launch pads. LC-37A has never been used, but LC-39B saw unmanned Saturn I and IB flights in the mid sixties, and is still in use today, as the launch site for the Boeing Delta IV. Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland. ... Delta EELV family of launch vehicles (US Govt) The Delta IV family of rockets are EELVs (evolved expendable launch vehicles) built by Boeing IDS. They come in five versions: medium, medium+ (4,2), medium+ (5,2), medium+ (5,4), and heavy. ... The Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. ... Merritt Island is: An island (strictly, part of a peninsula) in Brevard County, Florida, on Floridas Atlantic coast a town located on the island Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, also located on the island The island Merritt Island is not strictly an island at all, but part of a... Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral (Cabo Cañaveral in Spanish) is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,794 sq mi (170,451 km²)  - Width 162 miles (260 km)  - Length 497 miles (800 km)  - % water 17. ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which was the first manned launch vehicle that was not directly derived from an ICBM (though its tanks were derived from the Jupiter and Redstone tanks, and its first stage engines were Navaho derived). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer. ... Delta EELV family of launch vehicles (US Govt) The Delta IV family of rockets are EELVs (evolved expendable launch vehicles) built by Boeing IDS. They come in five versions: medium, medium+ (4,2), medium+ (5,2), medium+ (5,4), and heavy. ...

Launch Complex 37 of the 1960s

The first launch to utilise the complex was the SA-5 unmanned test of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It was closed in 1968, following the final unmanned Apollo flight, Apollo 5, but re-opened in 2002 as a Delta IV launch site. The most recent launch from it was that of the GOES-N weather satellite atop a Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) rocket, on May 24, 2006. SA-5 was the first launch of the Block II Saturn I rocket and was part of the Apollo Program. ... Rockets (including missiles) can be launched from the following: for a launch into an orbital spaceflight and beyond: a launch pad, including a floating platform (see San Marco platform, Sea Launch) for the launch into a suborbital flight also: a missile silo a mobile launcher vehicle a submarine air launch... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... Apollo 5 was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module that landed man on the Moon. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Delta EELV family of launch vehicles (US Govt) The Delta IV family of rockets are EELVs (evolved expendable launch vehicles) built by Boeing IDS. They come in five versions: medium, medium+ (4,2), medium+ (5,2), medium+ (5,4), and heavy. ... Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands, in Zuid-Beveland. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

LC-37A is one of the sites under consideration, along with LC-34 and the unbuilt LC-39C, for the launch site of the Ares I rocket, part of Project Constellation. A Saturn I at Pad 34, ready for mission SA-3 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) is a launch site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... The aerial view of Launch Complex 39. ... Conceptual drawing of the Earth Departure Stage, docked to the Crew Exploration Vehicle, firing its engine to leave Earths orbit. ...

The original layout of the launch complex featured one MSS which could be used to service or mate a rocket on either LC-37A or B, but not on both simultaniously.

See Also

• List of spaceflights by year
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
• Project Apollo
• Saturn I
• Saturn IB
• Merritt Island
• List of Merritt Island launch sites
• Delta IV