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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cape_Canaveral_Space_ForceCape Canaveral Space Force Station - Wikipedia

    Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (ICAO: KXMR, FAA LID: XMR) is a military airport at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northeast of Cocoa Beach, Florida.

  3. ccspacemuseum.org › facilities › skid-stripCape Canaveral Space Force Museum

    While many airports have runways or landing strips, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station has a skid strip. It actually is a runway, but the name “skid strip” has remained from the earliest days when Snark winged missiles were returned to the Cape after launch.

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  5. www.spaceline.org › cape-canaveral-launch-sitesCAPE CANAVERAL SKID STRIP FACT SHEET - Spaceline

    Acting as a more traditional runway, the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip was used for the take-off and landing of Navaho X-10 winged missiles, which used traditional landing gear and could make powered take-offs, flights and landings.

  6. www.spaceline.org › history-cape-canaveral › historyHistory of Cape Canaveral Chapter 2 - Spaceline

    Traditional aircraft ultimately came to use the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip as well. On February 11, 1963 the Cape Canaveral Skid Strip was designated an auxiliary landing strip for Patrick Air Force Base.

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  8. ccspacemuseum.org › sites › cape-canaveral-air-forceCape Canaveral Space Force Station - ccspacemuseum.org

    The Cape is an installation of Space Launch Delta 45 adjacent to Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast. Coupled with Patrick Space Force Base, the Cape functions as the World's Premier Gateway to Space. Located in Florida, the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is also known as Cape Canaveral Auxiliary Space Force Base, Cape Canaveral ...

  9. www.visitspacecoast.com › profile › cape-canaveralCape Canaveral Space Force Station - Visit Space Coast

    Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is home to the United States Air Force Space Command’s 45th Space Wing. This is where many of today’s rocket launches take place, but it’s also the launch site of many American space pioneers including the first U.S. Earth satellite, the first U.S. astronaut, and the first U.S. astronaut in orbit, to ...

  10. rocketlaunch.org › rocket-launch-sites › cape-canaveralCape Canaveral Space Force Station Overview - RocketLaunch.org

    Oct 7, 2024 · Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, is located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida. Operating since 1949, this historic site has been instrumental in American space exploration, launching the first U.S. Earth satellite (1958), the first U.S. astronaut ...