Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 47

Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 47 (Launch Complex 47, LC-47) is a launch pad for sounding rockets located at the north end of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It is the smallest launch complex at the Space Force Station. The complex features a small blockhouse a few yards from the pad, containing vehicle-specific hardware.^[2] Between 1984 and 2008, 531 sounding rockets were launched from pad 47. All weather rocket operations were relocated here from Launch Complex 43 in 1984 in order to make room for the construction of Launch Complex 46.^[1]

Launch Complex 47

A map of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. LC-47 is the seventh complex labeled from the top
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location	28.549123°N 80.5674339°W / 28.549123; -80.5674339
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short name	LC-47
Operator	United States Space Force NASA
Total launches	531[1]
Launch pad(s)	1
Launch history Status Active[2] First launch 12 March 1984 Deacon (rocket) / Rocketsonde Last launch 22 September 2008 Super Loki Associated rockets Super Loki Rocketsonde Shadow 1[1] LOFT-1[1][2][3]

Launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center

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LC-39B

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LC-39A

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LC-48

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LC-47

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LC-34

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LC-19

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LC-14

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The first launch at LC-47 occurred on March 12, 1984, with the flight of a Rocketsonde sounding rocket that reached an apogee of 63km. On October 14, 1991, a student sub-orbital launch on a Super Loki rocket occurred here.^[3] As of October 2017, the most recent launch from LC-47 was a Super Loki rocket that reached an apogee of 50km on September 22, 2008.

While originally slated for deactivation, on November 4, 2004, the 45th Space Wing transferred LC-47 to the Florida Space Authority under the Commercial Space Transportation Act allowing continued operations.^[4]

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