Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 16

Launch Complex 16 (LC-16) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida is a launch complex built for use by LGM-25 Titan missiles, and later used for NASA operations before being transferred back to the US military and used for tests of MGM-31 Pershing missiles. Six Titan I missiles were launched from the complex between December 1959 and May 1960. These were followed by seven Titan II missiles, starting with the type's maiden flight on March 16, 1962. The last Titan II launch from LC-16 was conducted on May 29, 1963.

Launch Complex 16

Titan I launch from LC-16
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location	28.5017°N 80.5518°W
Short name	LC-16
Operator	US Space Force
Total launches	141
Launch pad(s)	One
Launch history Status Inactive First launch December 12, 1959 Last launch March 21, 1988 Associated rockets Titan I Titan II Pershing 1/Pershing 1a Pershing II Terran 1 (future)

Following the end of its involvement with the Titan missile, LC-16 was transferred to NASA, which used it for Gemini crew processing, and static firing tests of the Apollo Service Module's propulsion engine. Following its return to the US Air Force in 1972, it was converted for use by the Pershing missile, which made its first flight from the complex on May 7, 1974. Seventy-nine Pershing 1a and 49 Pershing II missiles were launched from LC-16. The last Pershing launch from the facility was conducted on March 21, 1988. It was deactivated the next day and subsequently decommissioned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

It was announced on January 17, 2019 that Relativity Space had entered a 5-year agreement to use LC-16 for its Terran 1 orbital launch vehicle. [1]

See also

• Pershing missile launches

References

1. Sheetz, Michael (January 17, 2019). "3D printer Relativity Space gets Air Force contract for Florida launch pad". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

• Wade, Mark. "Cape Canaveral LC16". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved April 23, 2009.