Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11

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Launch Complex 11

Atlas-B with SCORE on LC-11
Launch site	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location	28°28′32″N 80°32′26″W / 28.47556°N 80.54056°W / 28.47556; -80.54056
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short name	LC-11
Operator	United States Space Force
Total launches	33
Launch pad(s)	1
Launch history Status Active, test stand Launches 33 First launch 19 July 1958 Atlas B 3B Last launch 1 April 1964 Atlas F 137F Associated rockets Atlas B Atlas D Atlas E Atlas F New Glenn (for BE-4 engine test stand)

Launch Complex 11 (LC-11) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, is a launch complex used by Atlas missiles between 1958 and 1964. It is the southernmost of the launch pads known as Missile Row. When it was built, it, along with complexes 12, 13 and 14, featured a more robust design than many contemporary pads, due to the greater power of the Atlas compared to other rockets of the time. It was larger, and featured a concrete launch pedestal that was 6 metres (20 ft) tall and a reinforced blockhouse. The rockets were delivered to the launch pad by a ramp on the southwest side of the launch pedestal.

Thirty-two Atlas B, D, E and F missiles were launched on suborbital test flights from LC-11. The first launch to use the complex was Atlas 3B, the first flight of a complete Atlas, which was launched on 19 July 1958. In addition to the suborbital tests, one orbital launch was conducted from the complex. On 18 December 1958, Atlas 10B launched SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, into low Earth orbit.

The area of LC-11 is currently leased to Blue Origin.^[1]