Launch Pad 39B, site of 52 Space Shuttle Launches, has been completely modified and upgraded to support the next generation launch systems, including NASA’s new Space Launch System. 

• Accommodates medium to super-heavy class launch vehicles
• New Deployable Launch Systems to support small class launch vehicles
• Electrical power, hydraulics and water systems have been overhauled
• New state-of-the-art communications system
• New weather instrumentation system
• Lightning protection system including three 600-foot-tall towers and catenary system
• Refurbished flame trench and new multi-user flame deflector
• 300,000-gallon water tower for sound suppression and ignition overpressure
• 850k gallon LOX and 850k gallon LH2 storage tanks
• Two new electric elevators
• New Environmental Control System (ECS) for vehicle/spacecraft cooling