Cape Canaveral

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Cape Canaveral Low sandy promontory in e Florida, USA, extending e into the Atlantic Ocean. It is the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center which, since 1950, has been NASA's main US launch site for space flights and long-range missiles.

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