Beehive Blockhouse at Launch Complex 31 and 32

Creator

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information

Files

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

There are two of these unique beehive structures on a dual historic launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Brevard County, Florida. These blockhouses served as a central command for the launching of ICBMs- Minuteman missiles-during the 1960s Cold War Era. The underground missile silos at the complexes contains the buried debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Today LC 31 and LC32 are abandoned, and facing impacts from climate and weathering, invasive plant exotics, and the ravages of time. The interiors of the structures pose an asbestos hazard. Exteriors were documented using terrestrial laser scanning while the insides were CAD modeled based on existing as-built paper designs converted to 3D.

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Keywords

Missiles, Aerospace, Florida, Space engineers, Cold War, Laser scanning, Cape Canaveral, Space history, Architecture, Engineering, NoAI

Extent

1 3-D Model

Recommended Citation

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, "Beehive Blockhouse at Launch Complex 31 and 32" (2022). Cape Canaveral Space Force Station – 3D Historic Launch Complexes. 47.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cdhgi_cape_canaveral_3d/47