Previously used by the US Air Force for Titan III and Titan IV rocket launches, it provided a launch site for ULA's Atlas V before becoming the launch site for Vulcan.
Launch Site Info
Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States
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Leased
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Additional Background
SLC-41 saw a variety of heavy-lift vehicles use the site. Atlas V launches begin in 2002 (first under Lockheed-Martin, then under ULA). Atlas launches from the site were yearly thereafter, with a peak of 8 Atlas launches from the site in 2015.
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