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Launch Complex: LC25C. Cape Canaveral. Latitude: 28.4311 deg. Longitude: -80.5764 deg. Used by: Poseidon, Trident. First Launch: 1968-08-16. Last Launch: 1979-01-23. Number Launches: 34. Complex 25 supported the U.S. Navy's submarine ballistic missile programs. Pads 25C and 25D were built in 1967 to support the Navy's Poseidon ballistic missile program. Seventeen Poseidons were launched from pads 25C and 25D between 16 August 1968 and 30 June 1970. Pad 25C supported the Cape's first Trident I ballistic missile launch on 18 January 1977. Seventeen more Trident I missiles were launched from Pad 25C between 15 February 1977 and 24 January 1979. Complex 25 was inactivated and dismantled in 1979. LC25C Chronology 1968 August 16 - 10:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3X-1 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1968 November 26 - 17:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3X-2 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 January 21 - 16:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3X-3 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1969 February 19 - 16:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3X-4 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 March 20 - 23:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-5 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 April 9 - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-6 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 May 24 - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-9 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 June 15 - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-10 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 July 9 - 11:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-11 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 August 22 - 00:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-12 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 November 3 - 16:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-8 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1969 November 26 - 20:01 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XT-17 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1970 January 23 - 18:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XT-19 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1970 May 14 - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XT-21 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1970 June 17 - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XT-23 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1970 June 30 - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XT-24 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). 1977 January 18 - 19:03 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-1 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 February 15 - 23:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-2 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 March 28 - 15:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-3 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 April 29 - 14:09 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-6 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 June 27 - 11:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-8 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 August 18 - 19:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-10 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 September 3 - 14:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-9 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 October 19 - 18:08 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-11 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1977 December 5 - 14:08 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-12 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 January 17 - 20:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-13 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 February 17 - 21:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-14 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 April 12 - 15:31 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-15 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 1978 June 22 - 11:49 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-17 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 August 11 - 02:20 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-18 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 October 26 - 14:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-16 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 November 17 - 20:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-19 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). 1978 December 16 - 17:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-20 FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi). 1979 January 23 - 15:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Trident. Trident C-4 C4X-21 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 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.