Cape Canaveral Light
The Cape Canaveral Light is a historic lighthouse on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous shoals that lie off its coast. It is located inside the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and managed by the Space Launch Delta 45 of the U.S. Space Force with the assistance of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation. It is the only fully operational lighthouse owned by the United States Space Force.
The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse in 2019, during a Delta IV launch. | |
| Location | one mile inland from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 28°27′37″N 80°32′36″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1859 |
| Construction | brick (backing), cast iron (cladding), granite (foundation), rubble (foundation) |
| Automated | 1954 |
| Height | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Shape | truncated cone |
| Markings | 1868: white 1873: black and white horizontal bands with white lantern room 1894: black and white horizontal bands with black lantern room |
| Power source | lard, kerosene, electricity |
| Operator | Space Launch Delta 45 |
| Light | |
| First lit | 10 May 1868 |
| Focal height | 137 ft (42 m) |
| Lens | first order Fresnel lens (1868–1993), DCB-224 (1993–) |
| Range | 24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(2) W 20s (1993–) |
| Original light | |
| Constructed | January 1848 |
| Height | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Markings | white |
| First lit | 1 March 1849 |
| Deactivated | May 1868 |
| Focal height | 18.3 m (60 ft) |
| Lens | parabolic reflector (1849–1861), fourth order Fresnel lens (1867–1868) |
| Range | 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi), 3.5 nmi (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 195s, Fl W 60s, L Fl W 60s |
The current 151-foot (46 m) lighthouse tower was first erected and lit in 1868 then relocated further inland between 1893 and 1894. It was originally equipped with a first-order Fresnel lens that was automated in 1967 and then retired from the tower in 1993.
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