Eastern Range - Location

Location

The range starts at the launch pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and John F. Kennedy Space Center and extends eastward over the Atlantic Ocean to 90 degrees East longitude in the Indian Ocean, where it meets the Western Range.

The range consists of a chain of shore and sea based tracking sites. "By January 1960, the Eastern Range included 13 major stations, approximately 91 outlying sites, a fleet of ships and three marine support stations. By September 1963, the Eastern Range extended around the tip of South Africa to the island of Mahé in the Indian Ocean." Much the sea based tracking and many of the land based stations have been replaced by space based tracking, including the present TDRS.

Ground stations associated with the range are located at:

• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida 28°29′03″N 080°34′21″W / 28.48417°N 80.5725°W / 28.48417; -80.5725 (Cape Canaveral AFS)
• John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
• Antigua Auxiliary Air Force Base

Located on the former Coolidge Air Force Base, St. Johns, Antigua

Now: Antigua Air Station 17°08′14″N 061°46′33″W / 17.13722°N 61.77583°W / 17.13722; -61.77583 (Antigua AS)

• Ascension Auxiliary Air Force Base

Now: RAF Ascension Island 07°58′20″S 014°24′01″W / 7.97222°S 14.40028°W / -7.97222; -14.40028 (RAF Ascension Island)

• Argentia, Newfoundland on the grounds of the decommissioned Argentia US Navy Facility (NAVFAC) which is manned on an "as needed" basis for northerly launches. 47°17′28″N 053°59′30″W / 47.29111°N 53.99167°W / 47.29111; -53.99167 (Argentia TS)

Major decommissioned stations associated with the range are located at: