Complex 19 – Bike Riding through the Space Ruins

Launch Complex 19 Highlights

• 23 April 1956 – Construction contract awarded
• 18 February 1957 – Construction began
• July 1958 – Construction completed
• 16 June 1959 – Air Force accepted complex
• Titan pads used a horizontal-to-vertical erector system to place the missile on the launch pad
• 14 August 1959 – First Titan I launch
• 29 January 1962 – Last Titan I launch
• Total Titan I launched – 15
• After the last Titan I, the launch complex was transferred to space missions
• 1962 to 1963 – Launch complex converted to support Titan II Gemini missions
• 8 April 1964 – First unmanned Titan II Gemini (GT-1) launched
• 19 January 1965 – Second unmanned Titan II Gemini (GT-2) launched
• 23 March 1965 – First manned Titan II Gemini (GT-3) launched
• 8 April 1964 to 11 November 1966 – Total of 2 unmanned and 10 manned flights launched
• November 1966 – Launch complex became inactive
• 10 April 1967 – Launch complex deactivated
• 30 May 1977 – Service tower and umbilical demolished
• September 2003 – White room from pad erector restored and moved to Air Force Space and Missile Museum
• 2012-2013 – Launch pad and remainder of erector demolished

Cape Canaveral in 3D BR2264- Launch Complex 19 Launch Stand, Ramp.This historic launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, is unique in character. The complex is a deactivated launch site used by NASA to launch all of the Gemini manned spaceflights. It was also used by unmanned Titan I and Titan II missiles and was in use during the years from 1959 to 1966. A total of 27 launches, 10 of which were manned, were made from the site. It was last used for the Gemini XII launch, on November 11, 1966.