Latest News About Spacex Starship Launch Complex 39A

Updated 2026-05-12 11:06

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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A)

The Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is one of 3 launch pads at Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida. It supported Saturn IB and Saturn V launches during the Apollo program as well as during the Skylab program and was used for the Space Shuttle from 1979 to 2011 when the Shuttle was permanently grounded. SpaceX is leasing the pad from NASA for its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets and is building a second launch site for the Starship...

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SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Project at Kennedy Space Center ...

Project Updates Proposed Action The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the lead Federal agency is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of issuing a new of modifying an existing commercial launch vehicle operator license to SpaceX for the Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida.

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SpaceX is building Starship's East Coast launch site at a ...

After breaking ground on September 21st, SpaceX and construction contractors are working at a breakneck pace to complete the modifications necessary for the existing Launch Complex 39A pad to support East Coast Starship and Super Heavy launches. SpaceX is simultaneously preparing two launch sites and two orbital-class Starship prototypes – Mk1 (Boca Chica, Texas) and […]

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