Launch Control Center

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The Launch Control Center is NASA’s primary command facility at Kennedy Space Center where engineers and controllers manage and oversee rocket launches.

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Launch Control Center canonical 6
Launch Control Center Building 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA facility
launch operations facility
mission control center
adjacentTo Vehicle Assembly Building
associatedWithProgram Apollo program
Artemis program
SLS launches
Saturn V launches
NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program
controlsLaunchPad KSC LC-39A
surface form: Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
surface form: Launch Complex 39B
country United States of America
surface form: United States
governingBody Exploration Ground Systems Program
surface form: NASA Exploration Ground Systems
hasAlternativeName Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center
LCC
hasComponent communications systems
data processing systems
engineering support rooms
firing rooms
safety monitoring systems
hasPrimaryFunction coordinate launch operations
manage rocket launches
monitor launch vehicle systems
oversee launch countdowns
locatedIn Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island
surface form: Merritt Island, Florida
monitors ground support equipment
launch vehicle telemetry
weather conditions for launch
operator NASA
overseesPhase engine ignition
liftoff
terminal countdown
partOf Launch Complex 39
surface form: Kennedy Space Center launch complex
relatedTo Johnson Space Center
surface form: Johnson Space Center Mission Control Center
responsibleFor coordination with mission control centers
coordination with range safety
go or no-go launch decisions
launch commit criteria verification
staffedBy flight directors
launch controllers
safety officers
systems engineers
timePeriodOfUse Apollo era
Space Shuttle era
post-Shuttle era
usedFor NASA human spaceflight launches
NASA uncrewed rocket launches

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Kennedy Space Center hasFacility Launch Control Center
Launch Operations Center hasFacility Launch Control Center
Launch Control Center Firing Rooms partOf Launch Control Center
Launch Control Center Firing Rooms locatedInBuilding Launch Control Center
this entity surface form: Launch Control Center Building
Launch Complex 39 hasPart Launch Control Center
Exploration Ground Systems Program usesFacility Launch Control Center
LCC standsFor Launch Control Center