Launch Complex 4 was one of the first series of launch complexes to be built at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing, headquartered at nearby Patrick Air Force Base. Located on Cape Canaveral in the state of Florida, CCAFS is the primary launch head of America's Eastern Range with four launch pads...

 on Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.It is part of a region known as the...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. It consisted of two pads, LC-4 which was used for 25 launches of Bomarc, Matador

MGM-1 Matador

The Martin MGM-1 Matador was the first operational surface-to-surface cruise missile built by the United States. It was similar in concept to the German V-1, but the Matador included a radio link that allowed in-flight course corrections. This allowed accuracy to be maintained over greatly extended...

 and Redstone missiles between 1952 and 1960; and LC-4A, which was used for three Bomarc launches between 1958 and 1959.

Following its deactivation in 1960, the original structures at the complex were dismantled. New facilities were built at the site in the 1980s, and it was used for aerostat

Aerostat

An aerostat is a craft that remains aloft primarily through the use of buoyant lighter than air gases, which impart lift to a vehicle with nearly the same overall density as air. Aerostats include free balloons, airships, and moored balloons...

 launches between 1983 and 1989. Following this, the aerostat launch facilities were also removed, and the complex is currently not accessible to the public.

Launches

Date	Time (UTC)	Missile type	Mission	Notes
10 September 1952		Bomarc	Bomarc 621-1	Failed launch
20 August 1953	14:37	Redstone	Redstone RS-1	Failed launch
27 January 1954	15:20	Redstone	Redstone RS-2
5 May 1954	17:28	Redstone	Redstone RS-3	Failed launch
18 August 1954	14:04	Redstone	Redstone RS-4	Failed launch
17 November 1954	18:12	Redstone	Redstone RS-6	Failed launch
9 February 1955	20:15	Redstone	Redstone RS-8	Failed launch
6 May 1955		Matador	Matador GM-52-1895
2 February 1956		Bomarc	Bomarc 623-13
21 Mai 1956		Bomarc	Bomarc 623-16	Failed launch
17 April 1957		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-1
22 July 1957		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-7
1 May 1958		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-19
7 August 1958		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY1
24 September 1958		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY4
21 October 1958		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY6
21 November 1958		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY7
13 December 1958		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY8
27 January 1959		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY16
21 April 1959		Bomarc	Bomarc 624-XY15
27 Mai 1959		Bomarc	Bomarc 631-1
2 September 1959		Bomarc	Bomarc 631-4
28 October 1959		Bomarc	Bomarc 631-5
29 January 1960		Bomarc	Bomarc 631-6
15 April 1960		Bomarc	Bomarc 631-8