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Cape Canaveral LC18
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Cape Canaveral LC18
 
Launch Complex 18 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Pads: 2. Latitude: 28.4493 N. Longitude: 80.5623 W. Blue Scout 1, Blue Scout 2, Blue Scout Junior, Thor DM-18, Vanguard, Viking.

This complex included two launch pads 18A and 18B. Pad 18A was used to launch 14 Vanguard space vehicles for NASA and the U.S. Navy between 8 December 1956 and 19 September 1959. Pad 18B supported 17 Thor missile launches between 4 June 1958 and 1 March 1960. Following termination of the Vanguard program, Pad 18A supported ten Blue Scout Junior launches for the Air Force between 21 September 1960 and 10 June 1965. Pad 18B supported half a dozen Blue Scout I, Blue Scout II and Scout missions between 7 January 1961 and 13 April 1962. Complex 18 was deactivated on 1 February 1967.

  • 1956 Dec 8 6:03 - Viking 13 (Vanguard TV0) Viking. Viking Type 9 Apogee: 204 km.

    First Vanguard test; re-entry studies; not a vertical firing. Launched at 0103 local time. First test rocket in the IGY-U.S. satellite program, a one-stage NRL Viking, attained an altitude of 176 km and a speed of 6,400 kph. Viking No. 13 carried a "minitrack" radio transmitter which was ejected at 80 km and tracked.

  • 1957 May 1 6:29 - Viking 14 (Vanguard TV1) Viking. Viking Type 9 Apogee: 195 km. Test of Vanguard third-stage separation and firing at altitude.Launched at 0129 local time. Reached km.
  • 1957 Oct 23 19:22 - Vanguard suborbital test. (Vanguard TV2) Vanguard. Vanguard TV-2 Apogee: 175 km. IGY Vanguard prototype (TV-2) with simulated second and third stage successfully met test objectives, by reaching 109-mile altitude and 4,250 mph.
  • 1957 Dec 6 16:44 - Vanguard. Vehicle lost thrust and exploded after 2 seconds.. Vanguard TV-3
  • 1958 Feb 5 7:33 - Vanguard. Control system malfunction - control lost after 57 sec.. Vanguard TV-3BU Apogee: 6 km.
  • 1958 Mar 17 12:15 - Vanguard. Vanguard TV-4
  • 1958 Apr 29 2:53 - Vanguard. Third Stage failed to ignite.. Vanguard TV-5 Apogee: 550 km.
  • 1958 May 28 3:46 - Vanguard. Improper third stage trajectory - unknown cause.. Vanguard SLV-1 Apogee: 3,500 km.
  • 1958 Jun 4 - R&D; Series III Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18 115 Apogee: 520 km. USAF Thor flight tested for the first time from a tactical-type launcher at Cape Canaveral.
  • 1958 Jun 26 5:00 - Vanguard. Premature second stage cutoff. Unknown cause.. Vanguard SLV-2 Apogee: 165 km.
  • 1958 Aug 6 - R&D; Series III Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18 117 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1958 Sep 26 15:38 - Vanguard. Insufficient 2nd stage thrust - unknown cause.. Vanguard SLV-3 Apogee: 426 km.
  • 1958 Oct 11 - Thor Able second test.

    PIONEER I, U.S.-IGY space probe under direction of NASA and with the AFBMD as executive agent, launched from AMR, Cape Canaveral, Fla., by a Thor-Able-I booster. It raveled 70,700 miles before returning to earth, determined radial extent of great radiation belt, first observations of earth's and interplanetary magnetic field, and first measurements of micrometeorite density in interplanetary space.

  • 1958 Dec 5 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 145 Apogee: 520 km. R&D; Series IV
  • 1958 Dec 30 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Failure. Thor DM-18A 149 Apogee: 0.000 km.
  • 1959 Feb 17 15:55 - Vanguard. Vanguard SLV-4
  • 1959 Mar 21 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 158 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Apr 14 2:49 - Vanguard. Failure. Vanguard SLV-5 Apogee: 100 km.
  • 1959 Apr 25 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 164 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 May 22 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 184 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Jun 22 20:16 - Vanguard. Failure - unknown cause.. Vanguard SLV-6 Apogee: 140 km.
  • 1959 Jun 25 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 198 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Jul 24 - R&D; Series IV - Thor delivers film of nose cone separation. Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 202 Apogee: 520 km. USAF Thor data capsule recovered near Antigua which contained movie film showing nose cone separation.
  • 1959 Aug 14 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 204 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Sep 12 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 217 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Sep 18 5:20 - Vanguard. Vanguard/X-248 SLV-7
  • 1959 Oct 6 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 235 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Oct 28 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 230 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1959 Dec 1 - R&D; Series IV Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18A 254 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1960 Jan 14 - Special Test Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18C 256 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1960 Feb 9 - Special Test Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18C 259 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1960 Feb 29 - Special Test Thor DM-18. Thor DM-18C 263 Apogee: 520 km.
  • 1960 Sep 21 13:02 - Blue Scout first launch, with Radiation Probe (HETS) payload. Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Jr D-1 Apogee: 26,700 km. USAF Blue Scout rocket fired from Cape Canaveral placed instrumented payload 16,600 miles above the earth, the first of 11 such tests, but no data were received due to radio malfunction.
  • 1960 Nov 8 - Radiation Probe (HETS) Blue Scout Junior. Failure.. Blue Scout Jr D-2 Apogee: 200 km.
  • 1961 Jan 7 17:34 - USAF Radiation Probe & Caps (HETS A1-1) Blue Scout 1. Blue Scout I D-3 Apogee: 1,600 km.
  • 1961 Mar 3 - USAF Radiation Probe (HETS A2-1) Blue Scout 2. Blue Scout II D-4 Apogee: 2,540 km.
  • 1961 Apr 12 6:07 - USAF Radiation Probe & Caps (HETS A2-2) Blue Scout 2. Blue Scout II D-5 Apogee: 1,931 km.
  • 1961 May 9 - USAF Radiation Probe (HETS A1-2) Blue Scout 1. Blue Scout I D-6 Apogee: 10 km.
  • 1961 Nov 1 15:32 - Blue Scout 2. Failure. Blue Scout II D-8
  • 1962 Apr 12 - USAF Reentry Test (Reentry Test) Blue Scout 1. Failure.. Blue Scout I D-7 Apogee: 30 km.
  • 1963 Jul 30 15:16 - Space Radio Project (OAR 22-1/AFCRL-1/21) Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Jr 22/AD-622 Apogee: 13,862 km.
  • 1964 Mar 13 - Magnetosphere Probe (OAR 22-2/AFCRL-9) Blue Scout Junior. Failure.. Blue Scout Jr 22-2/AD-623 Apogee: 600 km. Failure.
  • 1965 Jan 28 - Probe (OAR 22-3/AFCRL-309) Blue Scout Junior. Failure.. Blue Scout Jr 22-3 Apogee: 10 km.
  • 1965 Mar 30 - Magnetosphere Probe (OAR 22-4/AFCRL-35) Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Jr 22-4 Apogee: 12,067 km.
  • 1965 Apr 9 - Radiation Effects (OAR 22-9/AFWL-14) Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Jr 22-9 Apogee: 25,422 km.
  • 1965 May 12 - Magnetosphere Probe (OAR 22-8/AFCRL-335) Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Jr 22-8 Apogee: 13,586 km.
  • 1965 Jun 9 - Radiation Effects (OAR 22-5/AFWL-304) Blue Scout Junior. Blue Scout Jr 22-5 Apogee: 17,533 km.
 
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