White Sands Launch Complex 36

{{Short description|American rocket launch site}}

{{For|the 1946 New Mexico rocket site|White Sands V-2 Launching Site}}

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White Sands Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) is a site at White Sands Missile Range used for launches of the Black Brant IX and Black Brant 9CM1. It was also used from May 1964 and January 1966 to launch the Little Joe 2 rocket for the Apollo Program.{{Cite web|url = http://klabs.org/history/apollo_experience_reports/tn-d7083_apollo_launch_escape_propulsion.pdf|title =Apollo Experience Report - Launch Escape Propulsion System |date = March 1973 |access-date = November 28, 2022 |website =lkabs.org |publisher = NASA |last = Townsend |first =Neal A. }}

The complex continues to be used as one of the primary launch sites for NASA's sounding rocket program, along with those at Wallops Flight Facility.{{Cite web|title=White Sands LC36|url=http://www.astronautix.com/w/whitesandslc36.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228050635/http://astronautix.com/w/whitesandslc36.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2016|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.astronautix.com}}{{Cite web|title=Launch Facilities|url=https://www.wsmr.army.mil/testcenter/testing/landf/Pages/LaunchFacilities.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104110721/http://www.wsmr.army.mil/testcenter/testing/landf/Pages/LaunchFacilities.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2010|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.wsmr.army.mil}}{{Cite web|title=NASA - Launch Sites for Sounding Rockets|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sounding-rockets/overview/sites.html|access-date=2021-07-29|website=www.nasa.gov|language=en}}