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

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

The deployment of eight low Earth orbit replenishment satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral marks the beginning of in-orbit commissioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

His comments follow an explosion that destroyed a New Glenn rocket on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in late May.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Emboldened, I told her I was going to try to learn as much as I could and go down to Cape Canaveral and join up with Wernher von Braun.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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