Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
LC-39B in January 2026, with the Space Launch System to be used for Artemis II sitting atop the pad | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Launch Complex 39B | |||||||||||||
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center | ||||||||||||
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| Location | Merritt Island, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°37′38″N 80°37′15″W / 28.62722°N 80.62083°W | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) | ||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) | ||||||||||||
| Short name | LC-39B | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1962 | ||||||||||||
| Operator | NASA | ||||||||||||
| Orbital inclination range | 28–62° | ||||||||||||
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Launch Complex 39--Pad B | |||||||||||||
| Location | John F. Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Florida | ||||||||||||
| Area | 160 acres (65 ha) | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1967-1968 | ||||||||||||
| MPS | John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 99001639 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 2000 | ||||||||||||
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Launch Complex 39B (LC-39B) is the second of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. The pad, along with Launch Complex 39A, was designed for the Saturn V launch vehicle, then the United States' most powerful rocket. Typically used to launch NASA's crewed spaceflight missions since the late 1960s, the pad has been configured for use by the agency's Space Launch System rocket, a Shuttle-derived launch vehicle which is used in the Artemis program and subsequent Moon to Mars campaigns. The pad was also leased by NASA to aerospace company Northrop Grumman, for use as a launch site for their Shuttle-derived OmegA launch vehicle, for National Security Space Launch flights and commercial launches, before the OmegA program was cancelled.