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'''Launch Complex 48''' ('''LC-48''') is a multi-user launch site under construction for small launchers and spacecraft. It will be located south of [[Launch Complex 39A]] and north of [[Space Launch Complex 41]].<ref name="Kelly_FloridaToday_SLC-48">{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Emre |title=Meet Launch Complex 48, NASA's new small rocket pad at Kennedy Space Center |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/06/14/meet-launch-complex-48-nasa-new-pad-kennedy-space-center-florida/1408175001/ |website=Florida Today |accessdate=7 January 2020 |language=en |date=14 June 2019}}</ref> LC-48 will be constructed as a "clean pad" to support multiple launch systems with differing propellant needs. While initially only planned to have a single pad, the complex is capable of being expanded to two at a later date.{{sfn|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019|pp=ii-iii|loc=Proposed Action}} With another pad constructed, LC-48 could support up to 104 launches per year, though actual usage is expected to be |
'''Launch Complex 48''' ('''LC-48''') is a multi-user launch site under construction for small launchers and spacecraft. It will be located south of [[Launch Complex 39A]] and north of [[Space Launch Complex 41]].<ref name="Kelly_FloridaToday_SLC-48">{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Emre |title=Meet Launch Complex 48, NASA's new small rocket pad at Kennedy Space Center |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2019/06/14/meet-launch-complex-48-nasa-new-pad-kennedy-space-center-florida/1408175001/ |website=Florida Today |accessdate=7 January 2020 |language=en |date=14 June 2019}}</ref> LC-48 will be constructed as a "clean pad" to support multiple launch systems with differing propellant needs. While initially only planned to have a single pad, the complex is capable of being expanded to two at a later date.{{sfn|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019|pp=ii-iii|loc=Proposed Action}} With another pad constructed, LC-48 could support up to 104 launches per year, though actual usage is expected to be well below that.<ref name="Kelly_FloridaToday_SLC-48" /> |
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NASA had previously constructed [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39C|LC-39C]] within the bounds of [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39B|LC-39B]] with the purpose of serving small launchers, but the operational constraints of sharing the site on a non-interference basis with both the [[Space Launch System]] and [[OmegA]] launch vehicles, along with greater interest by commercial parties than originally anticipated, led NASA to pursue the construction of a dedicated launch site for this class of vehicles.{{sfn|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019|p=4}} |
NASA had previously constructed [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39C|LC-39C]] within the bounds of [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39B|LC-39B]] with the purpose of serving small launchers, but the operational constraints of sharing the site on a non-interference basis with both the [[Space Launch System]] and [[OmegA]] launch vehicles, along with greater interest by commercial parties than originally anticipated, led NASA to pursue the construction of a dedicated launch site for this class of vehicles.{{sfn|''Draft Environmental Assessment for Launch Complex 48'',|2019|p=4}} |
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A render of Launch Complex 48
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Location | Kennedy Space Center |
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Short name | LC-48 |
Operator | NASA Exploration Ground Systems |
Launch Complex 48 (LC-48) is a multi-user launch site under construction for small launchers and spacecraft. It will be located south of Launch Complex 39A and north of Space Launch Complex 41.[1] LC-48 will be constructed as a "clean pad" to support multiple launch systems with differing propellant needs. While initially only planned to have a single pad, the complex is capable of being expanded to two at a later date.[2] With another pad constructed, LC-48 could support up to 104 launches per year, though actual usage is expected to be well below that.[1]
NASA had previously constructed LC-39C within the bounds of LC-39B with the purpose of serving small launchers, but the operational constraints of sharing the site on a non-interference basis with both the Space Launch System and OmegA launch vehicles, along with greater interest by commercial parties than originally anticipated, led NASA to pursue the construction of a dedicated launch site for this class of vehicles.[3]
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