Orion would launch from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center , the same launch site used by the Space Shuttle and the Saturn V. ( 3 ) While shuttle operations continued from launch pad 39A , 39B was readied for Ares launches . Orion would launch from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center , the same launch complex used by the Space Shuttle and the Saturn V. While shuttle operations continued from launch pad 39A , 39B was readied for Ares launches .