The site where John Glenn left Earth for orbit will next host fully-reusable rockets designed to launch daily.
, and a granite marker engraved with a launch scene was added to the base of the ramp when the site was deactivated.
A baseball cap with the Stoke Space logo sits on the ground in front of the Project Mercury sculpture at the entrance to Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It is unclear what, if any, restraints Stoke Space will be under as the company modifies LC-14 for its use. A spokesperson said that they could not discuss specifics at this time, but pointed to the public comments made by Julia Black, Stoke's director of range operations.," said Black,"and will support maintaining that history in addition to enabling a robust launch program. We look forward to adding to its well distinguished accomplishments for America's space program.
In addition to assigning LC-14 to Stoke, the Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45 also allocated LC-15 toand LC-13 to Phantom Space and Vaya Space. LC-15 was used as a Titan missile site from 1959 to 1964. LC-13 supported Atlas flights, including the launch of five Lunar Orbiter missions and Mariner 3 for NASA, before being deactivated in 1978.
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