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  2. Space Coast - Wikipedia

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    Location of Florida's Space Coast Florida's Space Coast surrounding Merritt Island, seen from the International Space Station. The Space Coast is a region in the U.S. state of Florida around the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It is one of several "themed" coasts around Florida.

  3. List of Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island launch sites

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    Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009.

  4. Cape Canaveral - Wikipedia

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    The Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 46 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is the easternmost near the tip of the cape. [ 21 ] In 1999, the North American Numbering Plan Administration allocated telephone area code 321 (as in a launch countdown ) to the Cape Canaveral area in homage to its spacefaring heritage.

  5. List of coasts of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The peninsular coast of the US state of Florida is formed from contact with three main large bodies of water: the open Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Caribbean Sea to the south, and the Gulf of Mexico to the West (making part of the larger Gulf Coast of the United States).

  6. Kennedy Space Center - Wikipedia

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    Located on Merritt Island, Florida, the center is north-northwest of Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Miami and Jacksonville on Florida's Space Coast, due east of Orlando. It is 34 miles (55 km) long and roughly six miles (9.7 km) wide, covering 219 square miles (570 km 2).

  7. For Brevard County, Space Coast news, subscribe to FLORIDA ...

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    FLORIDA TODAY is your go-to source for local and breaking news on the Space Coast. Subscribers play a vital role in supporting local journalism.

  8. Geography of Florida - Wikipedia

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    A map of Florida, as seen from outer space. Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. Spanning two time zones, it extends to the northwest into a panhandle along the northern Gulf of Mexico.

  9. Brevard County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Melbourne, Brevard County and the Space Coast region of Florida. It is owned by the media conglomerate Gannett Company. [281] A monthly newspaper, El Playero, serves the Spanish-speaking population of the Space Coast. [282]