Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 12

Launch Complex 12
Atlas D with FIRE 1 at LC-12
Launch siteCape Canaveral Space Force Station
Location28°28′49″N 80°32′31″W / 28.48028°N 80.54194°W / 28.48028; -80.54194
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 Summer (DST)
UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Short nameLC-12
OperatorUnited States Space Force (owner)
Blue Origin (tenant)
Total launches38
Launch history
StatusDismantled, used as storage
First launchAtlas A 10A
10 January 1958
Last launchAtlas-Agena D 5103
5 November 1967
Associated
rockets
Atlas A
Atlas C
Atlas D
Atlas-Able
Atlas-Agena
4km
2.5miles
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12
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  Active pads
  Active pads not used for launches
  Inactive leased pads
  Inactive unleased pads

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. It was the second-most southern of the pads known as Missile Row, between LC-11 to the south and LC-13 to the north. Along with Complexes 11, 13 and 14, LC-12 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 means of a ramp on the southwest side of the launch pedestal.

Currently, LC-12 is leased by Blue Origin, and has been used by them as a storage site.