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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.