Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9
A- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- Z

---

Cape Canaveral LC31A

---

First Launch: 1961-02-01. Last Launch: 1961-07-27. Number: 3 . Longitude: -80.56 deg. Latitude: 28.45 deg.

Complexes 31 and 32 were built between July 1959 and July 1960 to support the Air Force's Minuteman missile program. Each complex had one blockhouse and two launch pads. The two "A" pads were constructed as conventional flat pads, and the two "B" pads were built as ballistic missile silos. The sites were modified subsequently to support later versions of the Minuteman missile. Pad 31A supported the first Minuteman I launch on 1 February 1961. In all, 92 Minuteman I, II and III missiles were launched from the complexes between 1 February 1961 and 15 December 1970. In 1973, Pad 31A was used briefly for the Army's Pershing 1A follow-on testing program. Batteries of the 84th and 41st Field Artillery, U.S, Seventh Army, fired 12 Pershing 1As in February and March 1973.

• Research and development launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

  At 1059 EST, the first Minuteman research and development flight test missile (FTM 401) was launched by the 6555th Test Wing from Pad 31 at the Atlantic Missile Range. All the missiles stages and subsystems were operational, marking the first time that the first flight test missile was launched with all systems and stages functioning. FTM 401 completed a 4,600-mile flight, and its reentry vehicle impacted in the designated target area. This was the most successful first flight recorded in the history of U.S. missile development.

• Research and development launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

• Research and development launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi).

• Sheltered Base research and development mission - . Nation: USA. Agency: USAF AFSC. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

• X-240 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery A operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: USA USA. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-241 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery A operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-242 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery A operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-243 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery A operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-244 US 7th Army 41st Field Artillery /1st Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-245 US 7th Army 41st Field Artillery /1st Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-246 US 7th Army 41st Field Artillery /1st Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).

• X-247 US 7th Army 41st Field Artillery /1st Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-248 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-249 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-250 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).

• X-251 US 7th Army 84th Field Artillery/3rd Battalion Battery C operational test launch - . Nation: USA. Agency: US Army. Apogee: 250 km (150 mi).