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The '''Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center''' (commonly known as just the '''Launch Control Center''' or '''LCC''') is a four-story building at [[NASA]]'s [[Kennedy Space Center]] on [[Merritt Island, Florida]], used to manage launches of launch vehicles from [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39]]. Attached to the southeast corner of the [[Vehicle Assembly Building]], the LCC contains offices; telemetry, tracking, and instrumentation equipment; and firing rooms.
LCC has conducted [[rocket launch|launch]]es since the unmanned [[Apollo 4]] (Apollo-Saturn 501) launch on November 9, 1967. LCC's first launch with a human crew was [[Apollo 8]] on December 21, 1968. NASA's [[Space Shuttle program]] also used LCC. NASA has renovated the center for the upcoming [[Space Launch System]] (SLS) missions, which are scheduled to begin in 2022 with [[Artemis 1]]. In February 2022, the center was renamed after former launch director [[Rocco Petrone|Rocco A. Petrone]].<ref>{{cite press release |last1=Cawley |first1=James |title=NASA Kennedy’s Control Center Named for Apollo-Era Launch Director |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-kennedy-s-control-center-named-for-apollo-era-launch-director |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=NASA |date=22 February 2022}}</ref>
==Control rooms==
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Extensive renovation of Control Room 4 was finished in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}}
Firing room 4 is currently{{When|date=April 2021}} leased by [[SpaceX]] and serves as their primary launch control
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