Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 48: Difference between revisions

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| name = Launch Complex 48<!-- name of the launch complex, defaults to page title -->

| image = LC-48 EIS Image--002.jpg<!-- an image of the launch complex (omit prefix) -->

| imsize = <!-- size of the image in px (omit suffix), defaults to 300 -->

| caption = A render of Launch Complex 48<!-- caption for the image -->

| site = <!-- launch site that the complex is part of -->

| location = [[Kennedy Space Center]]<!-- location -->

| coordinates = <!-- latitude and longitude of the launch complex; use {{tl|Coord}} -->

| short = LC-48<!-- short name of the launch complex -->

| operator = [[NASA]]<br>[[Exploration Ground Systems]]<!-- organisation(s) responsible for operating and maintaining the launch complex -->

| tlaunches = <!-- total launches from the complex -->

| pads = 1 (initial)<!-- number of individual pads in the complex -->

| inclination = <!-- range of inclinations that can be reached from the complex -->

| paddetails =

{{Infobox launch pad/pad <!--add one of these templates for each pad in the complex -->

| landing = <!-- Enter any value (i.e. "Y") if this pad is for landings rather than launches. NOTE: sub-template only supports launches OR landings; if pad has supported both, use a separate instance of sub-template for each. -->

| designation = <!-- name of the individual launch pad -->

| status = Under Construction<ref name="Kelly_FloridaToday_SLC-48" /><!-- status of the pad (eg. Active, Inactive, Demolished, etc) -->

| launches = <!-- Number of launches from the pad -->

| landings = <!-- Number of landings at the pad -->

| unknown = <!-- Enter any value (i.e. "Y") if there were launches from the complex with no known pad -->

| first_launch = <!-- Date of the first launch from the pad; use {{tl|Start-date}} -->

| first_details= <!-- Rocket and payload of first launch -->

| last_launch = <!-- Date of the most recent launch from the pad -->

| last_details = <!-- Rocket and payload of last launch -->

| first_landing= <!-- Date of the first landing at the pad; use {{tl|Start-date}} -->

| first_landing_details = <!-- Rocket and payload of first landing -->

| last_landing = <!-- Date of the most recent landing at the pad -->

| last_landing_details = <!-- Rocket and payload of last landing -->

| rockets = [[XS-1 (spacecraft)#Boeing XS-1 Phantom_Express|XS-1 Phantom Express]]<!-- rockets that have used the pad -->

}}

'''Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 48''' ('''LC-48''') is a multi-user launch site under construction for small launchers and spacecraft. It will be located south of [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39#Launch Complex 39A|Launch Complex 39A]] and north of [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41|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 fall well below that.<ref name="Kelly_FloridaToday_SLC-48" />