{"id":85,"date":"2015-05-06T07:35:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:36:16","slug":"stormy-day-and-rough-seas-at-the-cape-view-from-launch-complex-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Stormy Day and Rough Seas at the Cape &#8211; View from Launch Complex 46 &#8211; Biking through Space Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some pictures from atop Launch Complex 46 \u2013 soon to be the site of the Orion Assent-Abort 2 (AA-2) test flight.<\/p>\n<p>Modifications to the launch complex are in work for the Pad Abort Test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) of Orion scheduled in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Launch Complex 46 was originally constructed by the U.S. Navy in 1985 to support land-based testing of the Trident submarine launched ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p>There\u00a0will be more on LC-46 in a future post.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-88\" src=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Launch Complex 17 in the background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-17-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Launch Complex 17 in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Complex 37\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Complex-37-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Launch Complex 37 (Delta) Pad) as seen from LC-46.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87\" src=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Rough seas at the tip of Cape Canaveral\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-waters-900x599.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rough seas at the tip of Cape Canaveral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-Canav-Lighthouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-Canav-Lighthouse-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Canaveral  Lighthouse\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-Canav-Lighthouse-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-Canav-Lighthouse.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-Canav-Lighthouse-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cape-Canav-Lighthouse-150x100.jpg 150w, 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Modifications to the launch complex are in work for the Pad Abort Test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=85\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stormy Day and Rough Seas at the Cape &#8211; View from Launch Complex 46 &#8211; Biking through Space Ruins<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,103,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beach","category-cape-canaveral-lighthouse","category-launch-complex-46"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1176,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}