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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13, the Glossary

Launch Complex 13 (LC-13) was a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCAS), the third-most southerly of the original launch complexes known as Missile Row, lying between LC-12 and LC-14.^[1]

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Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.

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Aquacade (satellite)

Aquacade, previously designated Rhyolite, was a class of SIGINT spy satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

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Atlas (rocket family)

Atlas is a family of US missiles and space launch vehicles that originated with the SM-65 Atlas.

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Atlas-Agena

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile.

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Blockhouse

A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions.

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Canyon (satellite)

Canyon was a series of seven United States spy satellites launched between 1968 and 1977.

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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11

Launch Complex 11 (LC-11) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, is a launch complex used by Atlas missiles between 1958 and 1964. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11 are cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12

Launch Complex 12 (LC-12) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida was a launch pad used by Atlas rockets and missiles between 1958 and 1967. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12 are cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14

Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) is a launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 and Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14 are cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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Controlled explosion

A controlled explosion is the deliberate detonation of an explosive, generally as a means of demolishing a building or destroying a second improvised or manufactured explosive device.

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Corrosion

Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Falcon 9 flight 20

Falcon 9 flight 20 (also known as Orbcomm OG2 M2) was a Falcon 9 space launch that occurred on 22 December 2015 at 01:29:00 UTC (21 December, 8:29:00 pm local time).

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Falcon 9 Full Thrust

Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2) is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.

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Falcon Heavy

Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift launch vehicle with partial reusability that can carry cargo into Earth orbit, and beyond.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Landing Zones 1 and 2

Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, also known as LZ-1 and LZ-2 respectively, are landing facilities on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovering components of SpaceX's VTVL reusable launch vehicles. Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 and landing Zones 1 and 2 are cape Canaveral Space Force Station and spaceX facilities.

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Launch pad

A launch pad is an above-ground facility from which a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle is vertically launched.

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Lunar Orbiter 1

The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon.

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Mariner 3

Mariner 3 (together with Mariner 4 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was one of two identical deep-space probes designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA's Mariner-Mars 1964 project that were intended to conduct close-up (flyby) scientific observations of the planet Mars and transmit information on interplanetary space and the space surrounding Mars, televised images of the Martian surface and radio occultation data of spacecraft signals as affected by the Martian atmosphere back to Earth.

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Missile Row

Missile Row was a nickname given in the 1960s to the United States Space Force and NASA launch complexes at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 13 and Missile Row are cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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National Reconnaissance Office

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_13

Also known as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 13, Launch Complex 13.

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