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Landing Zone 1 sign

Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1)—also known as "X1", and formerly known as Landing Complex 1[1] —is the current name of the former Launch Complex 13 beginning in 2015.[2][3] [4][5]

First stage of Falcon 9 Flight 20 on the pad at Landing Zone 1, 22 December 2015

SpaceX signed a five-year lease for the land at the former Launch Complex 13 on 10 February 2015, in order to use the area to land reusable launch vehicles.[6][6][7] It intends to convert the old Atlas launch pad into a set of five discrete landing pads, one large primary pad with four smaller alternate pads surrounding it.[6][8][9]

The Landing Zone 1 area is planned to ultimately consist of five landing pads—a main pad plus four smaller contingency pads of 46-meter (150 ft)-diameter each—as well as other infrastructure to support operations including improved roadways for crane movement and a rocket pedestal area and large concrete foundation, away from the five landing pads, for attaching the booster stage when taking the rocket from vertical to horizontal orientation.[10]

As of March 2, 2015, the Air Force's sign for LC-13 was replaced with a sign identifying it as Landing Complex 1.[1][4][5][11] but the site was officially named Landing Zone 1 prior to the first landing attempt at the site, slated for December 2015.[2][3]

After approval from the FAA, SpaceX accomplished its first successful landing at the complex on the Falcon 9 Flight 20 mission, which occurred on 22 December 2015 UTC,[12] the 8th booster controlled-descent test overall.[3][13]

SpaceX has also signed a lease for a west coast landing pad at Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4.[14]

Landing History

Date (UTC) Payload Vehicle Result Landing Weather Go Notes
December 22, 2015 01:39 OG2-F2 Falcon 9 v1.1 Full Thrust Success 95%

References

  1. ^ a b "SpaceX - SpaceX's Photos - Facebook". facebook.com.
  2. ^ a b Bergin, Chris (2015-12-18). "SpaceX Falcon 9 Static Fires ahead of OG2 RTF mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19. All that is currently known for this mission is SpaceX's ambition to conduct a historic landing on its new Cape Canaveral landing pad, officially known as LZ-1 (Landing Zone -1), but also tagged "X1″.
  3. ^ a b c "Rocket landing at Cape Canaveral planned after SpaceX launch". SapceflightNow. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  4. ^ a b Bergin, Chris (2014-07-28). "SpaceX Roadmap building on its rocket business revolution". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28. At this point, we are highly confident of being able to land successfully on a floating launch pad or back at the launch site and refly the rocket with no required refurbishment
  5. ^ a b James Dean (6 January 2015). "SpaceX to try landing booster on a sea platform". Florida Today. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Gruss, Mike (10 February 2015). "SpaceX Leases Florida Launch Pad for Rocket Landings". Space.com. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. ^ 45th Space Wing Public Affairs (10 February 2015). "45th Space Wing, SpaceX sign first-ever landing pad agreement at the Cape". Retrieved 10 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Powers, Scott (17 February 2015). "SpaceX hopes to land rockets at Cape". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ^ "DRAFT Environmental Assessment for the Space Exploration Technologies Vertical Landing of the Falcon Vehicle and Construction at Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida". http://www.patrick.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-141107-004.pdf. 2014-10-01. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ^ "Draft Environmental Assessment for the Space Exploration Technologies Vertical Landing of the Falcon Vehicle and Construction at Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida" (PDF). USAF. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  11. ^ Graham, William (8 February 2015). "SpaceX Falcon 9 ready for DSCOVR mission". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  12. ^ Graham, William (2015-12-21). "SpaceX returns to flight with OG2, nails historic core return". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21. During Monday's launch, the first stage made its historic return to LZ-1 and successfully landed in a milestone event for SpaceX.
  13. ^ Dean, James (2015-12-01). "SpacexSpaceX wants to land next booster at Cape Canaveral". Florida Today. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  14. ^ Clark, Stephen (17 February 2015). "SpaceX leases property for landing pads at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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