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<p><b>Area code 321</b> is the <a href="Area_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code">area code</a> serving <a href="Brevard_County%2C_Florida" title="Brevard County, Florida">Brevard County, Florida</a>, <a href="Space_Coast" title="Space Coast">Space Coast</a> Region and <a href="Seminole_County%2C_Florida" title="Seminole County, Florida">Seminole County, Florida</a>. The area code has been in use since November 1, 1999; it was assigned to Florida (instead of suburban Chicago) after a successful petition led by local resident Robert Osband to commemorate the <a href="Space_Coast" title="Space Coast">Space Coast</a>'s impact on Brevard County. When it was activated in 2000, area code 321 was used as an overlay for the <a href="Orlando%2C_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a> area. The code refers to the <a href="Countdown" title="Countdown">countdown</a> sequence which has launched many <a href="Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">spacecraft</a> from <a href="Cape_Canaveral" title="Cape Canaveral">Cape Canaveral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>321 was used in Orlando area with an overlay <a href="Area_code_407" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 407">area code 407</a> and exception for a small portion of <a href="Volusia_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Volusia County">Volusia County</a> that includes <a href="Deltona%2C_Florida" title="Deltona, Florida">Deltona</a> which was in 407 at the time (it is now in <a href="Area_code_386" title="Area code 386">386</a>). However, no 321 numbers were issued in the 407 area from 2003 until 2015, when 321 numbers were issued for cell phones in <a href="Osceola_County%2C_Florida" title="Osceola County, Florida">Osceola</a>, <a href="Orange_County%2C_Florida" title="Orange County, Florida">Orange</a>, and <a href="Seminole_County%2C_Florida" title="Seminole County, Florida">Seminole</a> counties due to high demand. With the 407/689 overlay, 321 remains frozen in the Orlando area with new 321 numbers again being assigned only in Brevard County.
</p><p>Area code 321 is also the NPA used for SatCom Satellite Phone units.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harris/Caprock Corporation has maritime satellite calls going through its corporate call center in Melbourne.
</p><p>This area code contains numbers using the <a href="Central_office_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Central office code">central office code</a> 988 (e.g. 988-0199), which could have created conflicts given the designation of 988 as a three-digit code for the <a href="National_Suicide_Prevention_Lifeline" class="mw-redirect" title="National Suicide Prevention Lifeline">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</a>. As a result, in 2020, the <a href="Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> ordered a total of 82 area codes, including 321, to transition to <a href="Ten-digit_dialing" title="Ten-digit dialing">ten-digit dialing</a> for customers in the 321-only area not overlaid by 407. Per the timeline set by the <a href="North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">North American Numbering Plan</a> Administrator, <a href="Permissive_dialing" title="Permissive dialing">permissive dialing</a> began on April 24, 2021, and 10-digit dialing was required on October 24, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-pl556_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pl556-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_Florida_area_codes" title="List of Florida area codes">List of Florida area codes</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_NANP_area_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NANP area codes">List of NANP area codes</a></li>
<li><a href="North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">North American Numbering Plan</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/23/science/3-2-1-call-cape-canaveral.html">"3-2-1, Call Cape Canaveral"</a>. <i><a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. November 23, 1999. Section F, page 6<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 2,</span> 2011</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQwlNZ2exDU&t=31m9s"><span class="">"Phone phreaking, DMCA and Hacking. An interview with Cheshire Catalyst July 2000"</span></a> on <a href="YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://satcomdirect.com/">"About Us"</a>. Satcom Direct.</cite> All such calls go through the service's <a href="Melbourne%2C_Florida" title="Melbourne, Florida">Melbourne</a> data center. (The company headquarters are in Melbourne.)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-pl556-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pl556_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf">"Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. NANPA. January 8, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 9,</span> 2021</span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nanpa.com/resources/area-code-maps">"Area Code Maps"</a>. NANPA.</cite></li></ul>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sprint.com/areacodes/florida/history.html">Florida's Area Code History</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cheshirecatalyst.com/321.html"><i>How I Got My Own Area Code</i> by Richard Cheshire, "The Cheshire Catalyst"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050828020645/http://cheshirecatalyst.com/321.html">Archived</a> 2005-08-28 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul>
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<caption><a href="Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> area codes: <a href="Area_code_239" title="Area code 239">239</a>, <a href="Area_codes_305%2C_786%2C_and_645" title="Area codes 305, 786, and 645">305/786/645</a>, , <a href="Area_code_352" title="Area code 352">352</a>, <a href="Area_code_386" title="Area code 386">386</a>, <a href="Area_codes_407_and_689" title="Area codes 407 and 689">407/689</a>, <a href="Area_codes_561_and_728" title="Area codes 561 and 728">561/728</a>, <a href="Area_code_727" title="Area code 727">727</a>, <a href="Area_code_772" title="Area code 772">772</a>, <a href="Area_codes_813_and_656" title="Area codes 813 and 656">813/656</a>, <a href="Area_codes_850_and_448" title="Area codes 850 and 448">850/448</a>, <a href="Area_code_863" title="Area code 863">863</a>, <a href="Area_codes_904_and_324" title="Area codes 904 and 324">904/324</a>, <a href="Area_code_941" title="Area code 941">941</a>, <a href="Area_codes_954_and_754" title="Area codes 954 and 754">954/754</a>
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<td width="30%" style="text-align:center;"><b>North</b>: <a href="Area_code_386" title="Area code 386">386</a>
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<td width="10%" style="text-align:center;"><b>West</b>: <a href="Area_codes_407_and_689" title="Area codes 407 and 689">407/689/part of 321</a>
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<td width="35%" style="text-align:center;"><b>area code 321 (standalone) </b>
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<td width="30%" style="text-align:center;"><b>East</b>: <a href="Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>
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<td width="30%" style="text-align:center;"><b>South</b>: <a href="Area_code_772" title="Area code 772">772</a>
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