Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 is a historic launch pad in Florida best known as the site of early U.S. crewed spaceflights during the Mercury program.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5 | 1 |
| Cape Canaveral Missile Annex Launch Complex 5 | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
rocket launch site ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
LC-5
NERFINISHED
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Launch Complex 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cold War space race
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ⓘ
United States human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| blockhouseDistanceFromPad | about 400 meters ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eraOfPrimaryUse |
early 1960s
ⓘ
late 1950s ⓘ |
| firstCrewedUSFlightFrom | Mercury-Redstone 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstUSAstronautLaunched | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility | blockhouse ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLaunchComplex | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPreservedStructures |
blockhouse museum
ⓘ
launch pad ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic launch pad ⓘ |
| historicAssociation | first American in space ⓘ |
| launchedAstronaut |
Alan Shepard
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Virgil I. Grissom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchPadNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brevard County, Florida
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early U.S. crewed spaceflights
ⓘ
suborbital Mercury missions ⓘ |
| notableLaunch |
Mercury-Redstone 3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mercury-Redstone 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
U.S. Space Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ |
| rocketTypeLaunched |
Jupiter-A
NERFINISHED
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Jupiter-C NERFINISHED ⓘ Redstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| usedByAgency |
NASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Project Mercury missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Redstone rocket launches ⓘ crewed spaceflight ⓘ orbital launch ⓘ suborbital launch ⓘ |
| usedForSuborbitalFlightsOf | Mercury spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jupiter-C
this entity surface form:
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5
this entity surface form:
Cape Canaveral Missile Annex Launch Complex 5