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Spaceports, ranges and pads

Launch Complex 39A

The Apollo and Shuttle pad, held by SpaceX under a 20 year agreement with NASA signed on 14 April 2014 [NASA39AL] and flying Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. The Federal Aviation Administration published the final environmental impact statement and record of decision for Starship-Super Heavy at the complex in February 2026, authorizing up to 44 launches and 44 landings a year; a record of decision supports a license decision and is not itself a license to fly [FAA39A][FR39A][NSFSS].

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Entity type
launch complex
Kind
facility, site or pad
Lane
Spaceports, ranges and pads
Place
Kennedy Space Center, Brevard County
Hub region
Space Coast
Founding year
1962
Florida space year and timeline placement
1962 · 1962: founding or first operating year of the Florida entity
Role
Apollo and Shuttle pad, leased to SpaceX
Cutoff status
Operating
Status as of the cutoff
Operating for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. A Starship pad is under construction beside the operating pad; the Federal Aviation Administration issued a final environmental impact statement and record of decision in February 2026 authorizing up to 44 Starship launches and 44 landings a year. No Starship launch from the complex is recorded at this release.
Entity status
operating
Project status
not applicable
Evidence class
publicly verified operating
Confidence
High · an official source that documents the node’s specific Florida claim
Degree
6
Betweenness
0.0396 on the full graph · 0.0558 on the industrial relations subgraph
Sources
[NASA39AL] [FR39A] [FAA39A] [WLC39A] [NSFSS]

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