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Launch Complex 19

The launch of Gemini 6A from LC-19.
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location	28°50'69"N 80°55'42"W
Short name	LC-19
Operator	US Air Force
Total launches	27
Launch pad(s)	1
Minimum / maximum orbital inclination	28° - 57°
Launch history
Status	Inactive
First launch	Titan I, 14 August 1959
Last launch	Gemini 12, 11 November 1966
Associated rockets	Titan I Titan II

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) is a launch site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Notably, it was used by NASA to launch all of the Gemini manned spaceflights. It was also used by unmanned Titan I and Titan II launch vehicles.

It was in use from 1959 to 1966, during which time it saw 27 launches, 10 of which were manned. The first use of LC-19 was on August 14, 1959. This was a Titan I, and the mission was declared a failure after the rocket exploded whilst still on the pad.

The first successful launch to use LC-19 was also a Titan I, on February 2, 1960.

It was closed following the departure of Gemini XII, on November 11, 1966.

The original white room from the top of the launch tower has been restored and is on display at the Air Force Space & Missile Museum located at Complex 26.

The degradation of Pad 19 itself is documented at http://pad19.org by a Docent of the above-referenced CCAFS Space and Missile Museum at http://spacemuseum.org.

Gallery

Diagram of Complex 19

Diagram of the blockhouse at Complex 19

See also

• Gemini Program

  Gemini 1

  Gemini 2

  Gemini 3

  Gemini 4

  Gemini 5

  Gemini 6A

  Gemini 7

  Gemini 8

  Gemini 9A

  Gemini 10

  Gemini 11

  Gemini 12

• Titan I
• Titan II

External links

• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 is at coordinates 28°30′25″N 80°33′16″W / 28.506882, -80.554408 (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19)Coordinates: 28°30′25″N 80°33′16″W / 28.506882, -80.554408 (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19)

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