Canaveral

American

[kuh-nav-er-uhl] / kəˈnæv ər əl /

noun

Cape, a cape on an island in E Florida: site of John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Canaveral British

/ kəˈnævərəl /

noun

Former name (1963–73): Cape Kennedy. a cape on the E coast of Florida: site of the US Air Force Missile Test Centre, from which the majority of US space missions have been launched

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Canaveral

It has also used an Indian launch site and SpaceX rockets in Cape Canaveral and California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

University of Arizona faculty and students will be watching from Cape Canaveral as Roman begins its journey toward science operations, which are expected to start in January 2027.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

But the biggest set back was on 28 May 2026, when Blue Origin's only launch pad at Cape Canaveral was seriously damaged after a rocket exploded during an engine test.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

It took more than a year for SpaceX to resume flights from a launchpad at Cape Canaveral after a preflight explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket in 2016.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

“The men down at Cape Canaveral say they learn more from a failure than a success,” I countered.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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