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Cape Canaveral LC10
 

Launch Complex 10 Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Pads: 1. Latitude: 28.4501 N. Longitude: 80.5565 W. . Draco.

The complex was built to support the Navaho winged intercontinental missile program. The Air Force accepted both sites 9 and 10 on 29 June 1956. Complex 10 supported its first Navaho launch on 622 March 1957 respectively. In all, 11 Navaho XSM-64 vehicles were launched from the sites. Both complexes were demolished in 1959 to make room for Minuteman complexes 31 and 32.

  • 1959 Feb 16 - Draco. Apogee: 30 km.
  • 1959 Mar 16 - Draco. Apogee: 30 km.
  • 1959 Apr 27 - Draco. Failure. Apogee: 0.000 km.
 
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