Launch Complex 29

• Polaris A-1
• Polaris A-2
• Polaris A-3
• Chevaline

Other Programs

• None

Cost: Not available

Launch Complex Highlights

• 12 August 1958 - Contract awarded
• 1958 - Construction began
• 15 August 1959 - Construction completed
• Blockhouse built to support two launch pads, 29A and 29B, only Pad 29A was built. The pad had an Access Stand.
• July 1959 - U.S. Navy accepted the complex
• 21 September 1959 to  29 April 1960 - Total of 14 Polaris A1X Test Vehicles launched from Pad 29A
• 10 January 1961 to 12 November 1965 - Total of 15 Polaris A-2 launched from Pad 29A
• 7 August 1962 to 1 November 1967 - Total of 18 Polaris A-3 launched from Pad 29A
• 17 November 1966 to 2 March 1967 - Total of 3 Polaris A-3 Antelope series launched
• 1968 - Placed on standby status
• 11 September 1977 to 19 May 1980 - British Chevaline (Polaris A-3) launched
• 1980 - Launch complex deactivated

• Take a virtual museum tour if you can't visit in person