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America's launch pads are in Florida for two reasons.
The first reason is safety. It isn't safe to launch a rocket over land because falling debris could damage buildings or kill civilians. On some launch vehicles, such as the space shuttle, re-usable parts such as strap-on booster need to land in water because they would be destroyed if they impacted the ground.
The second reason has to do with physics. The Earth rotates eastward. As the Earth rotates, objects on Earth's surface actually travel at a very fast speed. At the equator (0 degrees latitude), objects rotate with the Earth at 1,035 miles per hour. As an object moves towards the poles, it rotates at a slower speed. At the Kennedy Space Center (28.5 degrees North latitude), objects rotate at about 911 mph. To reach orbit, a spacecraft has to reach 17,500 mph. If a spacecraft is launched eastward from Florida, it will already be traveling at 911 mph meaning it will need less fuel and have more payload capacity.
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Where did apollo 1 happen?
Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Where was the launch of the Apollo 11 at?
Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from Pad 39A.
Where and when did the Apollo 11 moon landing mission launch and what type of rocket was the launch vehicle?
Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad 39-A aboard the Saturn V on July 16, 1969.
What does the space shuttle launch pad smell of after launch?
The launch pad (even hours after launch) is not a place you'd want to be.See the related link for more information.
What happens to the launch pad after launch?
It is a little burnt but the launch pad is designed to take extreme heat and pressure created by the space shuttle. If it wasn't, they would have to make a new launch pad every launch and those things are worth a pretty penny...
Where did Apollo one launch?
Cape Canaveral, Florida, pad 39-A
Where did apollo 1 happen?
Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Where was the launch of the Apollo 11 at?
Apollo 11 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from Pad 39A.
Where and when did the Apollo 11 moon landing mission launch and what type of rocket was the launch vehicle?
Cape Canaveral, Florida, launch pad 39-A aboard the Saturn V on July 16, 1969.
What does the space shuttle launch pad smell of after launch?
The launch pad (even hours after launch) is not a place you'd want to be.See the related link for more information.
What happens to the launch pad after launch?
It is a little burnt but the launch pad is designed to take extreme heat and pressure created by the space shuttle. If it wasn't, they would have to make a new launch pad every launch and those things are worth a pretty penny...
When did Launch Pad - card game - happen?
Launch Pad - card game - happened in 2010-11.
Where did Neil Armstrong takeoff to the moon?
Launch Pad 39A, part of the Launch Complex 39 site at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, north-northwest of Cape Canaveral.
Where is the area from which the rocket is launched?
Each country has it's own launch sites. The US launch site for manned missions is Cape Canaveral, Florida. Two Russian Launch sites have been the desert of Kazakhstan and Arkhangelsk Oblastlaunch pad
Where was the launching sites of the 6 Apollos missions that landed on the moon?
Kennedy Space Center, launch pad 39-A, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Where was the Apollo 11 take off?
Apollo 11 took off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Where did Apollo 7 launch?
Apollo 7 launched from the Air Force Station's launch pad LC-34 (this was the only Apollo mission that did not launch from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39-A)
