Launch Complex: LC25D. Cape Canaveral. Latitude: 28.4295 deg. Longitude: -80.5782 deg. Used by: Poseidon. First Launch: 1969-09-17. Last Launch: 1969-09-17. Number Launches: 1. Complex 25 supported the U.S. Navy's submarine ballistic missile programs. Pads 25C and 25D were built in 1967 to support the Navy's Poseidon ballistic missile program. Seventeen Poseidons were launched from pads 25C and 25D between 16 August 1968 and 30 June 1970. Complex 25 was inactivated and dismantled in 1979.
LC25D Chronology 1969 September 17 - 16:37 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Poseidon. Poseidon C3XD-13 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
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