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Launch Complex 40

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40[1][2] (SLC-40), previously Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) is alaunch pad at the north end of Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was used by the United States Air Force for Titan III and Titan IV launches between 1965 and 2005.

On April 25, 2007, the US Air Force leased the complex to SpaceX to launch the Falcon 9 rocket.[3]

During April 2008, construction started on the ground facilities necessary to support the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Renovations include installation of newliquid oxygen and kerosene tanks and construction of a hangar for rocket and payload preparation.

The first Falcon 9 rocket arrived at SLC-40 in late 2008, and was erected for the first time on January 10, 2009.[5] It successfully reached orbit on its maiden launch on June 4, 2010, carrying the Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit.

SLC-40 is the launch facility of the SpaceX Dragon, a reusable automated cargo vehicle which will be used to provide two-way logistics to and from the International Space Station; a role previously filled by the Space Shuttle until its retirement in 2011.[6] SpaceX successfully launched the first test flight for the Dragon from SLC-40 on December 8, 2010. Its first attempt to dock with the International Space Station was successfully launched on May 22, 2012, following an abort after engine ignition three days earlier.

as you can see by reading above, I have recreated launch complex 40 in minecraft. The build is as complete as it is going to be, there are the 4 lightning towers, a little short, the flame bucket and the tracks leading to the hangar where my Falcon 9 replica is stored.
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