SpaceX @ KSC complex 40

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SpaceX signs with the US Air Force to use cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 40, previously used for the Titan 3 and Titan 4. One of the reasons is their upcoming Falcon 9 HLV.<br /><br />I guess this clears any doubts about their commitment to the heavy lifter and its potential missions.<br /><br />Story....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>U.S. Air Force, SpaceX Strike Deal for Cape Canaveral Launches </b><br /><br />WASHINGTON — Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has been granted a five-year license to launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Station, the U.S. Air Force Space Command announced April 26.<br /><br />According to the release, the Air Force Space Command’s 45th Space Wing will grant a license to SpaceX to operate on Space Launch Complex 40, which was previously used for Titan 4 launches. <br /><br />“The SpaceX license agreement is a good news story for the Air Force and nation,” U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of Air Force Space Command, said in a statement. “These types of agreements encourage entrepreneurial space achievement which can benefit both the Department of Defense and commercial space industries.”<br /><br />“We are very appreciative of the support of the Air Force and Gen. Chilton in giving us launch pad 40,” SpaceX President Elon Musk said in an April 26 telephone interview. “It was important for us to get launch pad 40 because that allows us to do both the Falcon 9 and Falcon 9- heavy from the Cape. It was really the only launch pad that could support our Falcon 9 heavy activities.”<br /> /><br />The license agreement requires SpaceX to pay for “all improvements, construction, and maintenance associated with their operations at SLC-40,” the release said, referring to Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape, which had been previously used for Titan 3 and Titan 4 launches.<br /><br />Musk said SpaceX expects t</p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>