The Eastern Range (ER) is an American rocket range (Spaceport) that supports missile and rocket launches from the two major launch heads located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. The range has also supported Ariane launches from the Guiana Space Centre as well as launches from the Wallops Flight Facility and other lead ranges. The range also uses instrumentation operated by NASA at Wallops and KSC.
Eastern Test Range, circa 1957
A former tracking station antenna located in Trinidad.
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.
A Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral, on July 24, 1950.
Alan Shepard watches Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 launch in the Mercury Control Center.
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