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spaceport
Close ✕John F. Kennedy Space Center
NASA's launch site on Merritt Island, Florida, acquired from 1962 to give the Saturn V a pad clear of the crowded Cape Canaveral complex to its south.
28.6, -80.6 · approximate · 1962–present
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- is located in of Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A — Launch Complex 39 was built on Merritt Island for the Saturn V, clear of the crowded Cape Canaveral complex to the south; Pad A launched every crewed Apollo lunar mission.
- is located in of Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B — The second pad of the same complex, and the one Artemis launches from — the same buildings serving a taller stack half a century later.
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