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| Attribute | Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | ISC Kosmotras (defunct) / Russian Strategic Rocket Forces | NASA | French Military / CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique) (historical) |
| Ownership | Military | Government | Military |
| Region | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Launch pads | — | 2 active (LC-39A, LC-39B)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — |
| Annual launches | 0 | ~40as of [1]Combined NASA + SpaceX cadence from LC-39A and LC-39B ↑ Most active | 0 |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 63,800 kg to LEO (Falcon Heavy expendable)as of [2] ↑ Highest capacity | — |
| First operational launch | 1999 | 1967-11-09as of [1]SA-501 Apollo 4 — first Saturn V launch from LC-39A | 1960 |
| Regulatory regime | Russian Ministry of Defence + Roscosmos; commercial operations ceased after Russia-Ukraine cooperation collapse 2014/2022 | NASA range safety + FAA-AST Part 450 for commercial users; co-managed with Eastern Range | — |
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