Cape Canaveral LC11
Launch Complex 11 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Pads: 1. Latitude: 28.4751 N. Longitude: 80.5397 W. Atlas B, Atlas D, Atlas E, Atlas F.

The complex was built for the Atlas ballistic missile program. Launch sites 11 to 14 were accepted between August 1957 and mid-April 1958. Complex 11 supported 28 Atlas launches and five Atlas Advanced Ballistic Reentry System flights between 19 July 1958 and 2 April 1964. Complexes 11, 12 and 14 were deactivated in 1967.

  • 1958 July 19 17:36 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas B. Flight Control Failure. Atlas B 3B Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). First full-powered flight of USAF Atlas B ICBM using both the sustainer and booster engines. 'Marginally successful'.
  • 1958 August 29 04:30 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas B. Atlas B 5B Apogee: 900 km (550 mi).
  • 1958 November 18 04:00 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas B. Propulsion Failure. Atlas B 9B Apogee: 800 km (490 mi).
  • 1958 December 18 23:02 - Score Launch Vehicle: Atlas B. Atlas B 10B Apogee: 1,484 km (922 mi). Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment; first commsat; transmitted taped messages for 13 days.
  • 1959 February 4 08:01 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas B. Atlas B 11B Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). Last Atlas B flight, fully successful
  • 1959 July 29 04:10 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 11D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). First Atlas successful D missile flight.
  • 1959 October 6 05:55 - Mk 3 Mod 1 re-entry vehicle research and development mission Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 18D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
  • 1959 October 29 07:20 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 26D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). USAF Atlas successfully launched from Cape Canaveral carrying a nose-cone camera which took a series of photographs of the earth's cloud cover from a 300-mile altitude.
  • 1960 March 8 13:10 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 42D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). First USAF Atlas R&D flight using all-inertial guidance system.
  • 1960 April 8 02:06 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Propulsion Failure. Atlas D 48D Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).
  • 1960 June 11 06:30 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 54D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
  • 1960 July 2 06:58 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Electrical Failure. Atlas D 60D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
  • 1960 August 12 13:00 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 66D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
  • 1960 September 17 00:50 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 76D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
  • 1960 October 13 09:34 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas D. Atlas D 71D Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi). Range: 8,000 km (4,900 mi). USAF Atlas launched at AMR placed nose cone containing three black mice 650 miles up and 5,000 miles downrange at 17,000 mph. Nose cone was recovered in target area near Ascension Island, the three mice surviving the flight in "good condition."
  • 1961 May 13 02:00 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 12E Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi).
  • 1961 June 23 03:00 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Flight Control Failure. Atlas E 17E Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).
  • 1961 July 31 21:32 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 21E Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi).
  • 1961 October 2 18:23 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 25E Apogee: 1,500 km (900 mi).
  • 1961 November 22 21:04 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 4F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
  • 1961 December 12 20:16 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Guidance Failure. Atlas F 5F Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
  • 1961 December 21 03:35 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Hydraulics Failure. Atlas F 6F Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
  • 1962 April 9 20:50 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Failure. Atlas F 11F
  • 1962 August 13 22:00 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 7F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
  • 1962 September 19 19:30 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 8F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
  • 1962 October 19 18:15 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 14F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
  • 1962 November 7 19:43 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 16F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
  • 1962 December 5 21:25 - Research and development launch Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 21F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi). Last Atlas F R&D flight.
  • 1963 March 1 21:00 - ABRES REX-I re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 134F Apogee: 1,800 km (1,100 mi).
  • 1963 April 27 02:03 - ABRES REX-II re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 135F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
  • 1963 October 28 03:15 - ABRES WAC-1 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Failure. Atlas F 136F Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).
  • 1964 February 25 20:22 - ABRES WAC-3 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Atlas E. Atlas E 5E Apogee: 1,600 km (900 mi).
  • 1964 April 1 20:22 - ABRES WAC-2 re-entry vehicle test flight Launch Vehicle: Atlas F. Atlas F 137F Apogee: 1,400 km (800 mi).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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