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Launch Complex: LC25B. Cape Canaveral. Latitude: 28.4303 deg. Longitude: -80.5753 deg. Used by: Polaris. First Launch: 1959-08-14. Last Launch: 1960-08-03. Number Launches: 8. Complex 25 was built to support the U.S. Navy's Polaris submarine ballistic missile program. The Navy occupied pad 25B in January 1958. Complex 25 supported 68 Polaris missile launches between 18 April 1958 and 6 March 1965. Pads 25A and 25B were dismantled in September 1969. LC25B Chronology 1959 August 14 - 19:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris AX-13 SMS test Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1959 December 23 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-5 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1960 March 18 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-15 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1960 March 25 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-16 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1960 May 18 - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-30 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1960 June 23 - 05:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-34 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1960 July 15 - 06:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-42 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1960 August 3 - 00:58 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Polaris. Polaris A1X-37 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted.