8BR3053 (aka Facility 1221), is the Spin Test Building that is part of the LC5-6 Spin Test Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The structure has gone through several name changes and missions over the years since its construction, originally built in 1956 as the Spin Test Building. The primary entrance was through a pair of tall metal doors on the structure’s northwest side that allowed for the ingress and egress of missile motors, parts, and satellites for spin testing. On the southeast side an opening 10 feet from the ground surface at the center of the building, allowed observation of the interior from mirrors mounted in an Observation Pit. The facility continued as a spin test and research testing structure for NASA’s Lunar Orbiter program until the program ended in 1968, and the site then reverted to the Air Force and was used as an artifact storage facility for the Air Force Space and Missile Museum.
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