Launch Control Center (LCC)
The Launch Control Center (LCC) is a four-story building that is the electronic "brain"
of Launch Complex 39. Attached to the southeast corner of the
Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) ,
it is 5,535 meters (18,159 ft) from Pad 39A .
At the time it was constructed, advances in electronics had made it
unnecessary to continue locating blockhouses adjacent to launch pads.
The first floor contains offices and computer operations. The second
floor houses telemetry, RF and tracking, instrumentation, and data
reduction and evaluation equipment. The computers of the Central
Data Subsystem (CDS), one of the two major components of the
Launch Processing System (LPS)
that automatically performs most checkout and launch functions,
is also on the second floor. The third floor contains the four
firing rooms, and each room contains its own copy of the second
major component of the Launch Processing System - the Checkout,
Control and Monitor Subsystem (CCMS).
The system consoles of the CCMS system are manned by the team
which oversees all aspects of a checkout and launch operation.
Firing rooms 1 and 3 are configured for full control of launch
and orbiter operations while Firing room 2 is usually used for software
development and testing. Firing room 4 is only a partial firing room and
is primarily used as an engineering analysis and support area for launch
and checkout operations.
The fourth floor of the LCC contains conference rooms, offices
and mechanical equipment. The LCC is 23.5 meters (77ft) high, 115.2 meters
(378ft) long and 55.1 meters (181 ft) wide.
Click here for a detailed map of the Launch Control Center Area.
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