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{{About|The NASA launch center in Florida|the site of other launch centers once known as "Cape Kennedy" |Cape Canaveral Space Force Station}}
{{About|The NASA launch center in Florida|the site of other launch centers once known as "Cape Kennedy" |Cape Canaveral Space Force Station}}


{{Use American English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = John F. Kennedy Space Center
| image = {{multiple image
| border = infobox
| total_width = 250
| image_style = border:1;
| perrow = 1/2/2/1
| image1 = VAB and SLS.jpg
| image2 = Hurricane Matthew Damage Survey (KSC-20161008-PH-CSH01 01 0098).jpg
| image3 = Lunar planetary landscape and runway at KSC built to test Morpheus lander.jpg
| image4 = KSC new HQ building.jpg
| image5 = Artemis I - First Joint Launch Countdown Simulation (cropped).jpg
| image6 = NASA’s SLS and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 at Launch Complex 39A & 39B (KSC-20220406-PH-JBP01-0001).jpg
}}
| caption = Clockwise from the top: [[Vehicle Assembly Building]], [[Shuttle Landing Facility]], [[Launch Control Center]], [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|Launch Complex 39]], [[KSC Headquarters Building]], and the [[Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex|Visitor Complex]]
| logo = Kennedy Space Center Logo.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| map = Merritt Island.jpg
| map_size = 160px
| map_caption = KSC shown in white; [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|CCSFS]] in green
| abbreviation = KSC
| named_after = [[John F. Kennedy]]
| formation = {{Start date and age|1962|07|01}}
| type = [[NASA facilities|NASA facility]]
| location = [[Merritt Island, Florida|Merritt Island]], [[Florida]]
| coordinates = {{coord|28|31|27|N|80|39|03|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| language =
| owner = [[NASA]]
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = [[Janet Petro|Janet E. Petro]]<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/os-bz-kennedy-space-center-new-director-20210630-nqpxqwa4zff5bahkoec4m6cx5m-story.html Kennedy Space Center gets first woman director, Janet Petro, after Bob Cabana promoted to NASA.]</ref>
| budget = {{USD|2.074}} billion<ref name="KSC-FY23-report">{{cite web |title=2023 Kennedy Space Center Annual Report |url=https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/arfy23-508.pdf |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102113349/https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/arfy23-508.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|page=52}}{{update after|2024}} (2023)
| staff = 13,253<ref name="KSC-FY23-report" />{{rp|page=50}}{{update after|2024}} (2023)
| website = {{URL|http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html}}
| formerly = Launch Operations Center
| footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title = Kennedy Business Report |url = http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/534076main_annrpt10.pdf |work = Annual Report FY2010 |publisher = NASA |access-date = August 22, 2011 |date = February 2011 }}</ref>
}}
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