LC-39B

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LC-39B is a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that has supported major crewed and uncrewed space missions, including Space Shuttle flights and later Space Launch System operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf launch pad
space launch complex
adjacentTo LC-39A
builtForProgram Apollo program
configuration clean pad design
constructionStartDate 1960s
country United States of America
designedFor Artemis program launches
Saturn V
Space Launch System
Space Shuttle
firstUsedFor Apollo-era Saturn V operations
hasCoordinate 28.627°N 80.621°W
hasFeature fixed service structure (historical)
flame trench
lightning protection towers
mobile launcher interface
sound suppression system
water deluge system
launchAzimuthRange 28° to 57° (approximate)
locatedIn Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island
surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
locatedOn Atlantic coast
managedBy Exploration Ground Systems Program
notableLaunch Ares I-X test flight
Artemis I
surface form: Artemis I mission
operator NASA
ownedBy NASA
partOf Launch Complex 39
surface form: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39

Launch Complex 39
reconfiguredFor Space Launch System
multi-user commercial and government launches
status active
supportedProgram Apollo program
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project
Artemis program
Constellation program
surface form: Constellation program (planned)

Skylab program
NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
supportedVehicle Ares I-X test flight
surface form: Ares I-X

Saturn IB
Saturn V
Space Launch System
Space Shuttle
usedFor crewed space missions
deep space mission launches
lunar mission launches
uncrewed space missions

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