Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19

Launch Complex 19

A multiple exposure photograph of the configuration of Pad 19 up until the launch of Gemini 10.
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location
Short name	LC-19
Operator	US Air Force
Total launches	27
Launch pad(s)	1
Min / max orbital inclination	28° - 57°
Launch history Status Inactive First launch August 14, 1959 HGM-25A Titan I Last launch November 11, 1966 Titan II GLV / Gemini XII Associated rockets HGM-25A Titan I LGM-25C Titan II Titan II GLV

Launch Complex 19 (LC-19) is a deactivated launch site on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida used by NASA to launch all of the Gemini manned spaceflights. It was also used by unmanned Titan I and Titan II missiles.

LC-19 was in use from 1959 to 1966, during which time it saw 27 launches, 10 of which were manned. The first flight from LC-19 was on August 14, 1959 and ended in a pad explosion, extensively damaging the facility, which took a few months to repair. The first successful launch from LC-19 was also a Titan I, on February 2, 1960. After being converted for the Titan II ICBM program in 1962, LC-19 was later designated for the Gemini flights. After the program concluded in December 1966, LC-19 was closed down.

The Gemini white room from the top of the booster erector has been partially restored and is on display at the Air Force Space & Missile Museum located at Complex 26.

Gallery

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  Diagram of Complex 19.

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  Diagram of the blockhouse at Complex 19.

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  LC-19 white room is in the right background, on display at the Air Force Space & Missile Museum.

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  The erector is lowered in preparation for the launch of Gemini 5.

See also

• Gemini Program
  • Gemini 1
  • Gemini 2
  • Gemini 3
  • Gemini 4
  • Gemini 5
  • Gemini 7
  • Gemini 6A
  • Gemini 8
  • Gemini 9A
  • Gemini 10
  • Gemini 11
  • Gemini 12
• Titan I
• Titan II

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.