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This is a list of launch complexes where a ''Launch complex'' is a facility from which different types of
launch vehicle A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket designed to carry a payload (spacecraft or satellites) from the Earth's surface to outer space. Most launch vehicles operate from a launch pad, launch pads, supported by a missile launch contro ...
s are launched. It may contain one or more launch pads or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. * Ariane Launch Complex (1970—) * Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 1 (1957—) *
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 1 Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) is a deactivated launch site on the eastern tip of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It was constructed, with launch complexes 2, 3, and 4, in the early 1950s for the Snark missile program. The first launch f ...
(1955—1960), used during development of the SM-62 Snark Intercontinental
Cruise Missile A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhe ...
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) is a deactivated launch site on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. LC-34 and its companion LC-37 to the north were used by NASA from 1961 through 1968 to launch Saturn I and IB rockets as part of the Apollo ...
(1961—1968), used by the Apollo program * Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 (1962—2005), leased by
Blue Origin Blue Origin, LLC is an American private spaceflight, privately funded aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the founder and executive chairman of Am ...
since 2015 and under reconstruction as a
New Glenn New Glenn is a heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle in development by Blue Origin. Named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, design work on the vehicle began in 2012. Illustrations of the vehicle, and the high-level specifications, were initial ...
launch site *
Green River Launch Complex The Utah Launch Complex was a Cold War military subinstallation of White Sands Missile Range for USAF and US Army rocket launches. In addition to firing Pershing missiles, the complex launched Athena RTV missiles with subscale (test) warheads ...
(1964—1975) in Utah for Athena/ABRES testing of reentry vehicles to White Sands *
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection of facilities were originally built as the Apollo program's "Moonport" and later m ...
** 39A (1967—), leased by
SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of ...
since 2014 and modified to support its launch vehicles ** 39B (1969—2009), now reconfigured for NASA's
Space Launch System The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle developed by NASA. As of 2022, SLS has the highest payload capacity of any rocket in operational service, as well as the greatest liftoff thrust of any r ...
and Artemis program **39C (2015—), dedicated to small-lift launch vehicles *
Osaki Launch Complex The (TNSC) is the largest rocket-launch complex in Japan with a total area of about 9.7 square kilometers. It is located on the southeast coast of Tanegashima, an island approximately south of Kyushu. It was established in 1969 when the ...
(1975—1992) *
Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska The Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA), formerly known as the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), is a dual-use commercial and military spaceport for sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles. The facility is owned and operated by the Alaska ...
(1998—) *
Point Arguello Launch Complex A Point Arguello (Spanish: ''Punta Argüello'') is a headland on the Gaviota Coast, in Santa Barbara County, California, near the city of Lompoc. The area was first used by the United States Navy in 1959 for the launch of military and sounding r ...
(1959—1966) and B (1960—1963) launch facilities for sounding rockets * Satish Dhawan Space Centre (1979—) *
Snark Missile Launch Complex Presque Isle Air Force Base was a military installation of the United States Air Force located near Presque Isle, Maine. In the late 1950s and early 1960s it became a base for Strategic Air Command. The original airport was constructed in 1930 ...
(1959—1961) at the Presque Isle Air Force Base, the SM-62 Snark's only operational launch complex * Soyuz Launch Complex (2011—) at the French Guiana Space Centre * Taiyuan Launch Complex 1 (1988—2009) for
Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Chinese Red Army, Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Revolut ...
rockets * Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7 * Vandenberg AFB Probe Launch Complex C (1971—1975), sounding rockets launch facility * Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 (1960—)
Atlas V Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas (rocket family), Atlas launch vehicle family. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture be ...
launch site for high-inclination orbits such as
polar Polar may refer to: Geography Polar may refer to: * Geographical pole, either of two fixed points on the surface of a rotating body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body rotates * Polar climate, the c ...
or Sun-synchronous ones * White Sands
Launch Complex 33 The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is an historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first p ...
(1971—1975), a post-World War II launching site for
V-2 rockets The V-2 (german: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit=Retaliation Weapon 2), with the technical name ''Aggregat 4'' (A-4), was the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed ...
listed on the US
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* White Sands Launch Complex 36 (1958—2008), the Cold War site for Black Brant IX and 9CM1 launches, later used for NASA's sounding rockets program * White Sands Launch Complex 37 (1964—1992), the Cold War site for Nike Hercules rockets *
White Sands Launch Complex 38 Launch Complex 38 (originally "Army Launch Area Five") was the White Sands Missile Range facility for testing the Nike Zeus anti-ballistic missile. The site is located east of the WSMR Post Area. Background In February 1957, the prototype Nike He ...
(1960-1063), the Cold War site for Nike Zeus testing * Yoshinobu Launch Complex (1994—) *
Xichang Launch Complex 2 The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), also known as the Xichang Space Center, is a spaceport of China. It is located in Zeyuan Town (), approximately northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan. The facility beca ...
(1990—)


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List of rocket launch sites This article constitutes a list of rocket launch sites. Some of these sites are known as spaceports or cosmodromes. A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. M ...
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Launch (disambiguation) Launch or launched may refer to: Involving vehicles * Launch (boat), an open motor boat, often auxiliary to a larger vessel ** Motor Launch, a small military vessel used by the Royal Navy * Air launch, the practice of dropping an aircraft, roc ...
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