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Launch Complex 18A
A launch pad at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.18 launches have flown from it since December 1957, 10 of 18 successfully.
Launches
18
Success rate
55.6% 10/18
Failures
8
First flight
1957-12-06
Latest flight
1965-06-09
Busiest year
1958 6 flights
Fastest turnaround
10d 2h 1m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 28.4493° N
80.5645° W - Status
- Active
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- US Navy
- LL2 pad tally
- 18 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
Vehicles flown
2 typesLaunches per year
decided flights1957Peak 1958, 6 launches1965
Orbits delivered
3 destinationsLow Earth Orbit 8Suborbital 7Medium Earth Orbit 3
Flight record
18 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965-06-09 | Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-5 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1965-05-12 | Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-8 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1965-04-09 | Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-9 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1965-03-30 | Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-4 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1963-07-30 | Blue Scout Jr | OAR 22-1 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1961-08-17 | Blue Scout Jr | O-1 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1960-09-21 | Blue Scout Jr | Blue Scout D-1 | Blue Scout Jr | – | Suborbital | Success |
| 1959-09-18 | Vanguard | Vanguard III | Vanguard | – | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1959-06-22 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1959-04-14 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1959-02-17 | Vanguard | Vanguard II | Vanguard | – | Medium Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1958-09-26 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Medium Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1958-06-26 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1958-05-28 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1958-04-29 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1958-03-17 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1958-02-05 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1957-12-06 | Vanguard | Vanguard | Vanguard | – | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.