Part 5: Launch Control Service Centers

As I was following the crowd, I stumbled into the Launch Control Building where I saw at least two control rooms, counting down at least 4 rocket launches around the country. What you see here is a rocket (lower part of picture) ready for launch. At the top of the picture, you can see sun rise on the space station as well as inside the space station.  

You see at the right, count downs of many rockets on pads around the country. Just before a rocket takes off the control room has about 30 people inside, managing instruments in the rocket.  

 Here I was with a group that was standing outside the major Control Room.

As soon as the rocket clears the tower on the launch pad, Launch Control Services takes over the mission.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rocket_launch_sites#North_America

This article constitutes a list of rocket launch sites. Some of these sites are known as spaceports or cosmodromes. A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables.

A shorter list of spaceports for human spaceflight and satellite launches is available in the article Spaceport.

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