Launch Rock [SEP] continent
Launch Rock
Launch Rock () is a submerged rock lying southwest of the Glover Rocks, off the south end of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee to commemorate the unnamed launch from RRS "John Biscoe" that was used by the Hydrographic Survey Unit which charted this area in 1963.
(1 Sep 1962 – 15 Aug 1992)
- 68th Missile Squadron (1 Sep 1962 – 5 July 1994)
A complete list of Minuteman missile launch control facilities and missile silos can be found here.
The Titan-I sites still exist, in various states of abandonment. Site "A" is still fenced, with all the missile silos capped and in place. Most of the concrete roads remain, along with what remains of the launch control blockhouse and several axillary buildings. Site "B" is