Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B

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rocket launch pad spaceport infrastructure

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B is a historic NASA launch pad on Florida’s Space Coast, originally built for Apollo missions and later used for Space Shuttle launches and current Artemis program flights.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rocket launch pad → spaceport infrastructure →
adjacentTo	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A →
commissionedFor	Apollo 10 backup launch capability →
configuredAs	clean pad →
connectedBy	crawlerway →
constructionStart	1960s →
country	United States of America →
designedFor	mobile launcher operations →
hasFeature	fixed service structure → flame trench → lightning protection system → pad perimeter roadways → sound suppression system → water deluge system →
hasLaunchPadNumber	39B →
historicDesignation	historic NASA launch pad →
locatedIn	Brevard County, Florida → Merritt Island →
locatedOn	Florida’s Space Coast →
nearbyBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean →
notableLaunch	Apollo 10 (backup pad role) → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project backup role → Ares I-X test flight → Artemis I → STS-115 → STS-51L Challenger mission (originally scheduled from 39B, later moved) → Skylab missions → Space Shuttle STS missions →
operator	NASA →
originallyBuiltFor	Apollo program →
ownedBy	United States government →
partOf	Kennedy Space Center → Launch Complex 39 →
primaryUse	heavy-lift launch vehicle missions →
reconfiguredFor	Space Launch System →
servedBy	crawler-transporter →
status	active →
supportsLaunchVehicle	Saturn IB → Saturn V → Space Launch System → Space Shuttle →
usedFor	crewed lunar missions (program-level role) → uncrewed test flights →
usedForProgram	Apollo program → Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → Artemis program → Constellation program → Skylab program → Space Shuttle program →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project → Artemis I → Artemis II → Block 1 → Block 1B → Block 2 → STS-103 → STS-103 ("Kennedy Space Center LC-39B") → STS-114 → STS-26 → STS-31 → STS-51L → STS-61 → Space Launch System → Space Shuttle Challenger disaster → Space Shuttle Discovery → Space Transportation System →	launchSite
Launch Complex 39C ("Launch Complex 39B") →	adjacentTo
Exploration Upper Stage →	associatedWith
Launch Control Center Firing Rooms ("Launch Complex 39B") →	connectedTo
Launch Control Center ("Launch Complex 39B") →	controlsLaunchPad
Space Launch System →	firstFlightLaunchSite
Launch Operations Center ("Launch Complex 39B") →	hasLaunchPad
Kennedy Space Center ("Launch Complex 39B") →	hasLaunchSite
Kennedy Space Center ("Launch Pad 39B") →	hasPad
Artemis III ("Launch Complex 39B") →	launchComplex
Saturn V →	launchedFrom
Magellan spacecraft ("Launch Complex 39B") →	launchPad
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ("Kennedy Space Center LC-39B") →	launchSiteForFirstFlight
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ("Launch Complex 39B") →	nearbyFacility
NASA Space Shuttle program →	primaryLaunchSite