Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral

"CCAFS" vuelve a dirigir aquí. Para Cape Cod, vea Cape Cod Air Force Station .

No confundir con el Centro Espacial Kennedy .

Military rocket launch site in Florida, USA

Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral
Parte de Patrick Space Force Base
Cerca de Cocoa Beach, Florida en los Estados Unidos
Escudo del lanzamiento espacial Delta 45
Cabo Cañaveral SFS Ubicación en los Estados Unidos
Coordenadas	28 ° 29′20 ″ N 80 ° 34′40 ″ O / 28.48889°N 80.57778°W / 28.48889; -80.57778
Tipo	Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de EE. UU.
Área	1.325 acres (5 km 2 ) [1]
Información del sitio
Dueño	Departamento de Defensa
Operador	Fuerza espacial de los Estados Unidos
Controlado por	Lanzamiento espacial Delta 45
Condición	Operacional
Sitio web	www .patrick .spaceforce .mil
Historia del sitio
Construido	1949 (como campo de pruebas conjunto de largo alcance) (1949)
En uso	1949 - presente
Información de la guarnición
Guarnición	Lanzamiento espacial Delta 45
Información del aeródromo
Identificadores	OACI : KXMR, TAPA FAA : XMR
Elevación	3 metros (10 pies) AMSL
Pistas de aterrizaje Dirección Longitud y superficie 13/31 3,048 metros (10,000 pies)
Fuente: Administración Federal de Aviación [2]
Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral
Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos de EE. UU.
Distrito histórico nacional de EE. UU.
Localización	Cabo Cañaveral , Florida, Estados Unidos
Construido	1950+ [3]
Visitación	no esta abierto al publico
NRHP referencia  No.	84003872 [1]
Fechas significativas
Agregado a NRHP	16 de abril de 1984
NHLD designado	16 de abril de 1984 [4]

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Estación Cabo Cañaveral espacio de la fuerza ( CCSFS ) es una instalación de la Unidos Estados espacio de la fuerza 's de Lanzamiento Espacial Delta 45 , se encuentra en Cabo Cañaveral , en el condado de Brevard , Florida .

Con sede en la cercana Base de la Fuerza Espacial Patrick , la estación es el sitio de lanzamiento principal para la Cordillera Oriental de la Fuerza Espacial ^[5] con tres plataformas de lanzamiento actualmente activas (Complejos de Lanzamiento Espaciales 37B , 40 y 41 ). La instalación es sur-sureste de la NASA 's Centro Espacial Kennedy en la adyacente isla de Merritt , con los dos unidos por puentes y calzadas. El Skid Strip de la Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral proporciona una pista de 10.000 pies (3.000 m) ^[6] cerca de los complejos de lanzamiento para aviones militares que transportan cargas útiles pesadas y descomunales al Cabo.

Varios pioneros estadounidenses en exploración espacial fueron lanzados desde CCSFS, incluido el primer satélite terrestre estadounidense en 1958, el primer astronauta estadounidense (1961), el primer astronauta estadounidense en órbita (1962), la primera nave espacial estadounidense de dos hombres (1965), el primer astronauta estadounidense no tripulado aterrizaje lunar (1966) y la primera nave espacial estadounidense de tres hombres (1968). También fue el lugar de lanzamiento de todas las primeras naves espaciales que (por separado) sobrevolaron cada uno de los planetas del Sistema Solar (1962-1977), la primera nave espacial en orbitar Marte (1971) y vagar por su superficie (1996), la Primera nave espacial estadounidense en orbitar y aterrizar en Venus(1978), la primera nave espacial en orbitar Saturno (2004) y Mercurio (2011), y la primera nave espacial en abandonar el Sistema Solar (1977). Algunas partes de la base han sido designadas como Monumento Histórico Nacional por su asociación con los primeros años del programa espacial estadounidense. ^[7]

Cabo Cañaveral se conoció como Estación de la Fuerza Aérea de Cabo Kennedy de 1963 a 1973, y como Estación de la Fuerza Aérea de Cabo Cañaveral de 1949 a 1963 y de 1973 a 2020. Se programó que la instalación pasaría a llamarse "Estación de la Fuerza Espacial de Cabo Cañaveral" (CCSFS) en Marzo de 2020, ^{[8] [9]} pero el cambio de nombre se pospuso indefinidamente debido a la pandemia de COVID-19 . ^[10] El vicepresidente Mike Pence finalmente cambió el nombre de la instalación el 9 de diciembre de 2020. ^[11]

Historia

El área CCSFS había sido utilizada por el gobierno de los Estados Unidos para probar misiles desde 1949, cuando el presidente Harry S. Truman estableció el Campo de Pruebas Conjunto de Largo Alcance en Cabo Cañaveral. ^[12] La ubicación fue una de las mejores en los Estados Unidos continentales para este propósito, ya que permitió los lanzamientos sobre el Océano Atlántico y está más cerca del ecuador que la mayoría de las otras partes de los Estados Unidos, lo que permite que los cohetes reciban un impulso. de la rotación de la Tierra.

Campo de pruebas de la Fuerza Aérea

Un Bumper V-2 fue el primer misil lanzado en Cabo Cañaveral, el 24 de julio de 1950.

El 1 de junio de 1948, la Armada de los Estados Unidos transfirió la antigua Estación Aérea Naval de Banana River a la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos , y la Fuerza Aérea cambió el nombre de la instalación a Base Conjunta del Terreno de Pruebas de Largo Alcance (JLRPG) el 10 de junio de 1949. En octubre El 1 de enero de 1949, la Base Terrestre de Pruebas Conjunto de Largo Alcance fue transferida del Comando de Material Aéreo a la División de la Fuerza Aérea del Terreno de Pruebas Conjunto de Largo Alcance. El 17 de mayo de 1950, la base pasó a llamarse Base Terrestre de Pruebas de Largo Alcance, pero tres meses después pasó a llamarse Base de la Fuerza Aérea Patrick , en honor al General de División del Ejército Mason Patrick . ^[13] En 1951, la Fuerza Aérea estableció el Centro de Pruebas de Misiles de la Fuerza Aérea .

Los primeros vuelos de cohetes suborbitales estadounidenses se lograron en Cabo Cañaveral en 1956. ^[14] Estos vuelos ocurrieron poco después de los vuelos suborbitales lanzados desde White Sands Missile Range , como el cohete de sonda Viking 12 el 4 de febrero de 1955. ^[15]

Tras el exitoso Sputnik 1 de la Unión Soviética (lanzado el 4 de octubre de 1957), Estados Unidos intentó su primer lanzamiento de un satélite artificial desde Cabo Cañaveral el 6 de diciembre de 1957. Sin embargo, el cohete que transportaba Vanguard TV3 explotó en la plataforma de lanzamiento. ^[dieciséis]

La NASA fue fundada en 1958, y las tripulaciones de la Fuerza Aérea lanzaron misiles para la NASA desde el Cabo, conocido entonces como el Anexo de Misiles de Cabo Cañaveral. Los misiles Redstone , Júpiter , Pershing 1 , Pershing 1a , Pershing II , Polaris , Thor , Atlas , Titan y Minuteman fueron probados desde el sitio, el Thor se convirtió en la base del cohete Delta del vehículo de lanzamiento prescindible (ELV) , que lanzó Telstar 1. en julio de 1962. La fila de Titán (LC-15, 16, 19 , 20) y Atlas (LC-11, 12, 13, 14) las plataformas de lanzamiento a lo largo de la costa se conocieron como Missile Row en la década de 1960.

Proyecto Mercury

Artículo principal: Proyecto Mercurio

Alan Shepard observa el lanzamiento del Liberty Bell 7 de Gus Grissom en el Mercury Control Center.

Atlas de mercurio

El primer programa de vuelos espaciales tripulados de la NASA fue preparado para su lanzamiento desde Cañaveral por tripulaciones de la Fuerza Aérea de los EE. UU. Los objetivos de Mercurio eran colocar una nave espacial tripulada en órbita terrestre, investigar el desempeño humano y la capacidad para funcionar en el espacio y recuperar de manera segura al astronauta y la nave espacial. Los vuelos suborbitales fueron lanzados por derivados del misil Redstone del Ejército de LC-5 ; Alan Shepard realizó dos de esos vuelos el 5 de mayo de 1961 y Gus Grissom el 21 de julio. Los vuelos orbitales fueron lanzados por derivados del misil Atlas D más grande de la Fuerza Aérea de LC-14 . El primer estadounidense en órbita fue John Glenn el 20 de febrero de 1962. Tres vuelos orbitales más siguieron hasta mayo de 1963.

El control de vuelo para todas las misiones de Mercury se proporcionó en el Centro de Control de Mercury ubicado en Cañaveral cerca de LC-14.

Cambio de nombre temporal

El 29 de noviembre de 1963, tras la muerte del presidente John F. Kennedy , su sucesor Lyndon B. Johnson emitió la Orden Ejecutiva 11129, que cambió el nombre del Centro de Operaciones de Lanzamiento de Merrit Island de la NASA y "las instalaciones de la Estación No. 1 del Atlantic Missile Range" ( una referencia a Canaveral AFB) como el "Centro Espacial John F. Kennedy". También había convencido al gobernador C. Farris Bryant (D-Fla.) De cambiar el nombre de Cabo Cañaveral a Cabo Kennedy . Esto dio lugar a cierta confusión en la percepción pública, que fusionó los dos. Administrador de la NASA James E. WebbAclaró esto mediante la emisión de una directiva que indica que el nombre del Centro Espacial Kennedy se aplica solo a Merrit Island, mientras que la Fuerza Aérea emitió una orden general renombrando el sitio de lanzamiento de la Estación de la Fuerza Aérea Estación de la Fuerza Aérea Cabo Kennedy . ^[17] Este nombre se usó a través del Proyecto Gemini y el programa Apollo temprano .

However, the geographical name change proved to be unpopular, owing to the historical longevity of Cape Canaveral (one of the oldest place-names in the United States, dating to the early 1500s). In 1973, both the Air Force Base and the geographical Cape names were reverted to Canaveral after the Florida legislature passed a bill changing the name back that was signed into law by Florida governor Reubin Askew (D-Fla.).^[18][19]

Gemini and early Apollo

Main articles: Project Gemini and Apollo program

Gemini-Titan II.

Atlas-Agena target vehicle.

The two-man Gemini spacecraft was launched into orbit by a derivative of the Air Force Titan II missile. Twelve Gemini flights were launched from LC-19, ten of which were crewed. The first crewed flight, Gemini 3, took place on March 23, 1965. Later Gemini flights were supported by seven uncrewed launches of the Agena Target Vehicle on the Atlas-Agena from LC-14, to develop rendezvous and docking, critical for Apollo. Two of the Atlas-Agena vehicles failed to reach orbit on Gemini 6 and Gemini 9, and a mis-rigging of the nosecone on a third caused it to fail to eject in orbit, preventing docking on Gemini 9A. The final flight, Gemini 12, launched on November 11, 1966.

The capabilities of the Mercury Control Center were inadequate for the flight control needs of Gemini and Apollo, so NASA built an improved Mission Control Center in 1963, which it decided to locate at the newly built Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, rather than at Canaveral or at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.^[20]

Apollo-Saturn IB.

The Apollo program's goal of landing a man on the Moon required development of the Saturn family of rockets. The large Saturn V rocket necessary to take men to the Moon required a larger launch facility than Cape Canaveral could provide, so NASA built the Kennedy Space Center located west and north of Canaveral on Merrit Island. But the earlier Saturn I and IB could be launched from the Cape's Launch Complexes 34 and 37. The first four Saturn I development launches were made from LC-34 between October 27, 1961, and March 28, 1963. These were followed by the final test launch and five operational launches from LC-37 between January 29, 1964, and July 30, 1965.

The Saturn IB uprated the capability of the Saturn I, so that it could be used for Earth orbital tests of the Apollo spacecraft. Two uncrewed test launches of the Apollo command and service module (CSM), AS-201 and AS-202, were made from LC-34, and an uncrewed flight (AS-203) to test the behavior of upper stage liquid hydrogen fuel in orbit from LC-37, between February 26 and August 25, 1966. The first crewed CSM flight, AS-204 or Apollo 1, was planned to launch from LC-34 on February 21, 1967, but the entire crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a cabin fire during a spacecraft test on pad 34 on January 27, 1967. The AS-204 rocket was used to launch the uncrewed, Earth orbital first test flight of the Apollo Lunar Module, Apollo 5, from LC-37 on January 22, 1968. After significant safety improvements were made to the Command Module, Apollo 7 was launched from LC-34 to fulfill Apollo 1's mission, using Saturn IB AS-205 on October 11, 1968.

In 1972, NASA deactivated both LC-34 and LC-37. It briefly considered reactivating both for Apollo Applications Program launches after the end of Apollo, but instead modified the Kennedy Space Center launch complex to handle the Saturn IB for the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project launches. The LC-34 service structure and umbilical tower were razed, leaving only the concrete launch pedestal as a monument to the Apollo 1 crew. In 2001, LC-37 was recommissioned and converted to service Delta IV launch vehicles.

Subsequent activity

The Air Force chose to expand the capabilities of the Titan launch vehicles for its heavy lift capabilities. The Air Force constructed Launch Complexes 40 and 41 to launch Titan III and Titan IV rockets just south of Kennedy Space Center. A Titan III has about the same payload capacity as the Saturn IB at a considerable cost savings.^{[citation needed]}

Launch Complex 40 and 41 have been used to launch defense reconnaissance, communications and weather satellites and NASA planetary missions. The Air Force also planned to launch two Air Force crewed space projects from LC 40 and 41. They were the Dyna-Soar, a crewed orbital rocket plane (canceled in 1963) and the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), a crewed reconnaissance space station (canceled in 1969).^{[citation needed]}

From 1974 to 1977 the powerful Titan-Centaur became the new heavy lift vehicle for NASA, launching the Viking and Voyager series of spacecraft from Launch Complex 41. Complex 41 later became the launch site for the most powerful uncrewed U.S. rocket, the Titan IV, developed by the Air Force.^{[citation needed]}

With increased use of a leased launch pad by private company SpaceX, the Air Force launch support operations at the Cape are planning for 21 launches in 2014, a fifty percent increase over the 2013 launch rate. SpaceX has reservations for a total of ten of those launches in 2014, with an option for an eleventh.^[21]

On August 7, 2020, U.S. military contracts referred to the installation as Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.^[22] The installation was formally renamed on 9 December 2020.^[11]

Uncrewed launches at Cape Canaveral

Pioneer 1 atop its launcher.

The first United States satellite launch, Explorer 1, was made by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency on February 1, 1958 (UTC) from Canaveral's LC-26A using a Juno I RS-29 missile. NASA's first launch, Pioneer 1, came on October 11 of the same year from LC-17A using a Thor-Able rocket.

Besides Project Gemini, the Atlas-Agena launch complexes LC-12 and LC-13 were used during the 1960s for the uncrewed Ranger and Lunar Orbiter programs and the first five Mariner interplanetary probes. The Atlas-Centaur launch complex LC-36 was used for the 1960s Surveyor uncrewed lunar landing program and the last five Mariner probes through 1973.

NASA has also launched communications and weather satellites from Launch Complexes 40 and 41, built at the north end of the Cape in 1964 by the Air Force for its Titan IIIC and Titan IV rockets. From 1974 to 1977 the powerful Titan IIIE served as the heavy-lift vehicle for NASA, launching the Viking and Voyager series of planetary spacecraft and the Cassini–Huygens Saturn probe from LC-41.

Three Cape Canaveral pads are currently operated by NASA and private industry for civilian launches: SLC-41 for the Atlas V and SLC-37B for the Delta IV, both for United Launch Alliance heavy payloads; and SLC-40 for SpaceX Falcon 9 launches to the International Space Station.

NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) is responsible for oversight of launch operations and countdown management for all uncrewed launches at Cape Canaveral which it does not operate.

Boeing X-37B

The Boeing X-37B, a reusable uncrewed spacecraft operated by USSF which is also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), has been successfully launched four times from Cape Canaveral.^[23] The first four X-37B missions have been launched with Atlas V rockets. Past launch dates for the X-37B spaceplane include April 22, 2010, March 5, 2011, December 11, 2012, and May 20, 2015. The fourth X-37B mission landed at the Kennedy Space Center on May 7, 2017, after 718 days in orbit. The first three X-37B missions all made successful autonomous landings from space to a 15,000 foot (4,600 m) runway located at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California which was originally designed for Space Shuttle return from orbit operations.

Operations, infrastructure and facilities

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station; click on a label to read more about it.

Of the launch complexes built since 1950, several have been leased and modified for use by private aerospace companies. Launch Complex SLC-17 was used for the Delta II Heavy variant, through 2011.^[24] Launch Complexes SLC-37 and SLC-41 were modified to launch EELV Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicles, respectively.^[25] These launch vehicles replaced all earlier Delta, Atlas, and Titan rockets. Launch Complex SLC-47 is used to launch weather sounding rockets. Launch Complex SLC-46 is reserved for use by Space Florida.^[26]

SLC-40 hosted the first launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 in June 2010.^[27] Falcon 9 launches continued from this complex through 2015, consisting of uncrewed Commercial Resupply Services missions for NASA to the International Space Station as well as commercial satellite flights. SpaceX has also leased Launch Complex 39A from NASA and has completed modifying it to accommodate Falcon Heavy and Commercial Crew crewed spaceflights to the ISS with their Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2019.^[28] SpaceX Landing Zone 1 and 2, used to land first stages of the Falcon 9 and the side boosters of the Falcon Heavy, are located at the site of the former LC-13.

On September 16, 2015, NASA announced that Blue Origin has leased Launch Complex 36 and will modify it as a launch site for their next-generation launch vehicles.^{[29][needs update]}

In the case of low-inclination (geostationary) launches the location of the area at 28°27'N put it at a slight disadvantage against other launch facilities situated nearer the equator. The boost eastward from the Earth's rotation is about 406 m/s (908 miles per hour) at Cape Canaveral, but 463 m/s (1,035 miles per hour) at the European Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.^[30]

In the case of high-inclination (polar) launches, the latitude does not matter, but the Cape Canaveral area is not suitable, because inhabited areas underlie these trajectories; Vandenberg Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral's West coast counterpart, or the smaller Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) are used instead.

The Air Force Space and Missile Museum is located at LC-26.^[31] Hangar AE, located in the CCAFS Industrial Area, collects telemetry from launches all over the United States. NASA's Launch Services Program has three Launch Vehicle Data Centers (LVDC) within that display telemetry real-time for engineers.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (ICAO: KXMR, FAA LID: XMR) is a military airport at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northeast of Cocoa Beach, Florida. It has an asphalt-paved runway designated 13/31 and measuring 10,000 by 200 ft (3,048 by 61 m). The facility is owned by the United States Space Force (USSF).

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of XMR by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.^[32][33]

The runway was first called the Skid Strip because SM-62 Snark cruise missiles (which lacked wheels) returning from test flights were supposed to skid to a halt on it.^[34]

In the 1960s the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster was a frequent visitor, carrying modified Atlas and Titan missiles, used as launch vehicles for crewed and uncrewed space programs leading to the Apollo Moon landings. The Skid Strip was used by NASA's Pregnant Guppy and Super Guppy transport aircraft carrying the S-IVB upper stage for the Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets used in Apollo program.

Today, it is predominantly used by USAF C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 Galaxy aircraft transporting satellite payloads to CCSFS for mating with launch vehicles.

The CCSFS Skid Strip is sometimes confused with the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility, but that runway, specially constructed for the Space Shuttle, is located on Merritt Island at the adjacent Kennedy Space Center.

Naval Ordnance Test Unit

A tenant command located at Cape Canaveral SFS is the U.S. Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU). As a major shore command led by a Navy captain, NOTU was created in 1950 and initially directed almost all of its efforts towards the development and subsequent support of the submarine-launched Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program. This resulted in NOTU being assigned to the Director, Special Projects (now Strategic Systems Programs) with a mission to support the development of the Polaris missile and later the Poseidon missile programs.^[35]

NOTU's mission is the support and testing of sea-based weapons systems for the United States Navy and the Royal Navy in a safe environment utilizing the airspace and waterspace of the Eastern Range. The command directly supports the mission capability and readiness of the United States Navy's Trident Submarines as well as the Fleet Ballistic Missile program of the United Kingdom. NOTU operates the Navy Port at Port Canaveral, supporting submarines and surface ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, NATO, Allied and other foreign navies, and assets of the Military Sealift Command. NOTU is composed of over 100 active duty U.S. Navy personnel and over 70 defense contractors.^[35][36]

Water

The base obtains potable water from the city of Cocoa. A single potable water line from Cocoa runs under the Sykes Creek Bridge at Sea Ray Drive.^[37][38]

Based units

Units marked GSU are Air Force Geographically Separate Units which, although based at Cape Canaveral SFS, are subordinate to Space Launch Delta 45 headquarters at Patrick SFB. ^[39][40]

United States Space Force

Space Operations Command (SpOC)

• Space Launch Delta 45
  • • 5th Space Launch Squadron – Atlas V and Delta IV
  • 45th Operations Group (GSU) incorporating the former 45th Launch Group deactivated in 2018 ^[41]
    • 45th Range Squadron
    • 45th Space Communications Squadron
    • 45th Weather Squadron

United States Navy

• Naval Ordnance Test Unit

Gallery

• Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (shown in green)

• Cape Canaveral as seen from orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1991

• Cape Canaveral lighthouse

• Looking north along Missile Row in the 1960s

• Titan III-E launches Voyager 2 probe in 1977 from SLC-41

• First Delta IV Heavy booster launches from SLC-37 in 2007

• Launch of a set of Orbcomm communications satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40 in 2015

• Mission Control Center used for Mercury Program and Gemini III

• The sign located at the entrance to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (then known as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)

See also

• List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

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External links

Media related to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Patrick Air Force Base
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Virtual Tour
• Air Force Space and Missile Museum Web site
• "Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Shines Again" article and video interview about the lighthouse
• Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
• The short film "The Cape (1963)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. FL-8-5, "Cape Canaveral Air Station, Launch Complex 17, East end of Lighthouse Road, Cape Canaveral, Brevard, FL"
• Key Events in Apollo
• The Launch Pads of Cape Canaveral