Space Launch Complex 41
1965 to present
Site Details
- Country: United States
- Operator: United Launch Alliance
- Type: Commercial
Overview
Built beside SLC-40 for the Titan III, SLC-41 launched the Viking landers to Mars and both Voyager probes in the 1970s. Rebuilt for the Atlas V, it sent New Horizons, the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, and the first crewed Boeing Starliner flight aloft, and it now hosts the Vulcan Centaur.
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