diff --git a/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.js b/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.js
index caba35ff19..a0fd9f4dc9 100644
--- a/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.js
+++ b/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //
 'use strict';
 
-const {cd, cp, exec, set} = require('shelljs');
+const {cd, cp, exec, mv, sed, set} = require('shelljs');
 
 set('-e');
 
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const NG_REMOTE_URL = `https://github.com/${REPO_SLUG}.git`;
 module.exports = {
   computeDeploymentsInfo,
   computeInputVars,
+  computeMajorVersion,
   getLatestCommit,
   getMostRecentMinorBranch,
 };
@@ -122,6 +123,17 @@ function computeDeploymentsInfo(
       preDeployActions: [build, checkPayloadSize],
       postDeployActions: [testPwaScore],
     },
+    // Config for deploying the stable build to the RC Firebase site when there is no active RC.
+    // See https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/39760 for more info on the purpose of this
+    // special deployment.
+    noActiveRc: {
+      deployEnv: 'stable',
+      projectId: 'angular-io',
+      siteId: 'rc-angular-io-site',
+      deployedUrl: 'https://rc.angular.io/',
+      preDeployActions: [removeServiceWorker, redirectToAngularIo],
+      postDeployActions: [testNoActiveRcDeployment],
+    },
     archive: {
       deployEnv: 'archive',
       projectId: 'angular-io',
@@ -149,7 +161,17 @@ function computeDeploymentsInfo(
 
   // If the current branch is the stable branch, deploy as `stable`.
   if (currentBranch === stableBranch) {
-    return [deploymentInfoPerTarget.stable];
+    return (rcBranch !== null) ?
+      // There is an active RC version. Only deploy to the `stable` project/site.
+      [deploymentInfoPerTarget.stable] :
+      // There is no active RC version. In addition to deploying to the `stable` project/site,
+      // deploy to `rc` to ensure it redirects to `stable`.
+      // See https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/39760 for more info on the purpose of this
+      // special deployment.
+      [
+        deploymentInfoPerTarget.stable,
+        deploymentInfoPerTarget.noActiveRc,
+      ];
   }
 
   // If we get here, it means that the current branch is neither `master`, nor the RC or stable
@@ -263,6 +285,21 @@ function getLatestCommit(branchName, remote = undefined) {
   return getRemoteRefs(branchName, remote)[0].slice(0, 40);
 }
 
+function redirectToAngularIo() {
+  // Update the Firebase hosting configuration redirect all non-file requests (i.e. requests that do
+  // not contain a dot in their last path segment) to `angular.io`.
+  // See https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/full-config#redirects.
+  const redirectRule =
+      '{"type": 302, "regex": "^(.*/[^./]*)$", "destination": "https://angular.io:1"}';
+  sed('-i', /(\s*)"redirects": \[/, `$&\n$1  ${redirectRule},\n`, 'firebase.json');
+}
+
+function removeServiceWorker() {
+  // Rename the SW manifest (`ngsw.json`). This will cause the ServiceWorker to unregister itself.
+  // See https://angular.io/guide/service-worker-devops#fail-safe.
+  mv('dist/ngsw.json', 'dist/ngsw.json.bak');
+}
+
 function serializeActions(actions) {
   return actions.map(fn => fn.name).join(', ');
 }
@@ -271,6 +308,41 @@ function skipDeployment(reason) {
   return {reason, skipped: true};
 }
 
+function testNoActiveRcDeployment({deployedUrl}) {
+  const deployedOrigin = deployedUrl.replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+  // Ensure a request for `ngsw.json` returns 404.
+  const ngswJsonUrl = `${deployedOrigin}/ngsw.json`;
+  const ngswJsonScript = `https.get('${ngswJsonUrl}', res => console.log(res.statusCode))`;
+  const ngswJsonActualStatusCode = exec(`node --eval "${ngswJsonScript}"`, {silent: true}).trim();
+  const ngswJsonExpectedStatusCode = '404';
+
+  if (ngswJsonActualStatusCode !== ngswJsonExpectedStatusCode) {
+    throw new Error(
+        `Expected '${ngswJsonUrl}' to return a status code of '${ngswJsonExpectedStatusCode}', ` +
+        `but it returned '${ngswJsonActualStatusCode}'.`);
+  }
+
+  // Ensure a request for `foo/bar` is redirected to `https://angular.io/foo/bar`.
+  const fooBarUrl = `${deployedOrigin}/foo/bar?baz=qux`;
+  const fooBarScript =
+      `https.get('${fooBarUrl}', res => console.log(res.statusCode, res.headers.location))`;
+  const [fooBarActualStatusCode, fooBarActualRedirectUrl] =
+      exec(`node --eval "${fooBarScript}"`, {silent: true}).trim().split(' ');
+  const fooBarExpectedStatusCode = '302';
+  const fooBarExpectedRedirectUrl = 'https://angular.io/foo/bar?baz=qux';
+
+  if (fooBarActualStatusCode !== fooBarExpectedStatusCode) {
+    throw new Error(
+        `Expected '${fooBarUrl}' to return a status code of '${fooBarExpectedStatusCode}', but ` +
+        `it returned '${fooBarActualStatusCode}'.`);
+  } else if (fooBarActualRedirectUrl !== fooBarExpectedRedirectUrl) {
+    throw new Error(
+        `Expected '${fooBarUrl}' to be redirected to '${fooBarExpectedRedirectUrl}', but it was ` +
+        `but it was redirected to '${fooBarActualRedirectUrl}'.`);
+  }
+}
+
 function testPwaScore({deployedUrl, minPwaScore}) {
   console.log('\n\n\n==== Run PWA-score tests. ====\n');
   yarn(`test-pwa-score "${deployedUrl}" "${minPwaScore}"`);
diff --git a/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.spec.js b/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.spec.js
index f65b28bc50..c434f8b0a2 100644
--- a/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.spec.js
+++ b/aio/scripts/deploy-to-firebase.spec.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {execSync} = require('child_process');
 const {
   computeDeploymentsInfo,
   computeInputVars,
+  computeMajorVersion,
   getLatestCommit,
   getMostRecentMinorBranch,
 } = require('./deploy-to-firebase');
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ describe('deploy-to-firebase:', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it('stable - deploy success', () => {
+  it('stable - deploy success - active RC', () => {
     expect(getDeploymentsInfoFor({
       CI_REPO_OWNER: 'angular',
       CI_REPO_NAME: 'angular',
@@ -124,6 +125,34 @@ describe('deploy-to-firebase:', () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('stable - deploy success - no active RC', () => {
+    expect(getDeploymentsInfoFor({
+      CI_REPO_OWNER: 'angular',
+      CI_REPO_NAME: 'angular',
+      CI_PULL_REQUEST: 'false',
+      CI_BRANCH: mostRecentMinorBranch,
+      CI_STABLE_BRANCH: mostRecentMinorBranch,
+      CI_COMMIT: latestCommits[mostRecentMinorBranch],
+    })).toEqual([
+      {
+        deployEnv: 'stable',
+        projectId: 'angular-io',
+        siteId: `v${computeMajorVersion(mostRecentMinorBranch)}-angular-io-site`,
+        deployedUrl: 'https://angular.io/',
+        preDeployActions: ['function:build', 'function:checkPayloadSize'],
+        postDeployActions: ['function:testPwaScore'],
+      },
+      {
+        deployEnv: 'stable',
+        projectId: 'angular-io',
+        siteId: 'rc-angular-io-site',
+        deployedUrl: 'https://rc.angular.io/',
+        preDeployActions: ['function:removeServiceWorker', 'function:redirectToAngularIo'],
+        postDeployActions: ['function:testNoActiveRcDeployment'],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('stable - skip deploy - commit not HEAD', () => {
     expect(getDeploymentsInfoFor({
       CI_REPO_OWNER: 'angular',