FALCON USER’S GUIDE 6 FACILITIES SPACEX EAST COAST LAUNCH FACILITIES 6.1.1 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FLORIDA SpaceX operates a Falcon launch site at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida. SLC-40 was previously used by the US Air Force for Titan III and Titan IV launches, and it has been extensively modified by SpaceX to accommodate the Falcon family of launch vehicles. The SLC-40 launch pad is located at 28˚ 33.72’ (28.5620°) N latitude, 80˚ 34.630’ (80.5772°) W longitude. Launch azimuths from SLC-40 support low- to mid-inclination LEO, GTO and Earth escape orbits (Section 3.1). SpaceX facilities at SLC-40 (Figure 6-1) include a launch vehicle integration hangar, propellant and pressurant storage and supply areas, a launch pad, and lightning towers. A SpaceX administrative facility is located adjacent to the launch complex. Figure 6-1: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida SpaceX provides the use of an off-pad PPF as a standard service for CCAFS launch operations. CCAFS processing and launch operations, including PPF services, are described in Section 8. 6.1.2 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA In April 2014, SpaceX signed a 20-year lease with NASA for use of historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), located on Merritt Island off the central Florida coast. NASA constructed LC-39A (Figure 6-2) in the early 1960s to conduct missions under the legendary Apollo program and, later, with the space shuttle. After facility upgrades in 2016, SpaceX completed its first LC-39A launch on February 19, 2017, with the Falcon 9 transport of CRS-10, as part of an ISS commercial resupply mission. SpaceX has continued the pad’s legacy, launching Falcon 9 from LC-39A twelve times in 2017 alone and Falcon Heavy in February 2018 for its demonstration mission. The LC-39A launch pad is located at 28.6082° N latitude, 80.6041° W longitude. Launch azimuths from LC-39A support low- to mid-inclination LEO, GTO and Earth escape orbits (Section 3.1). © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. All rights reserved. 41