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spaceport A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word ''spaceport'', and even more so ''cosmodrome'', has traditionally been used for sites capable ...
s or cosmodromes. A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables. A shorter list of spaceports for human spaceflight and satellite launches is available in the article
Spaceport A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word ''spaceport'', and even more so ''cosmodrome'', has traditionally been used for sites capable ...
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Table specification


Sorting order

* Countries in alphabetical order within a table * Launch sites within a country are sorted chronologically according to start of operations


Column specification

* Country – territory of the site (the organisation responsible for the launches may reside elsewhere, as indicated in the notes column; * Location – Name of launch site (sometimes also province etc.) * Coordinates – geographical coordinates * Operational date – the period of years of launch activities * Number of rocket launches – the total number of launches, including failed launches * Heaviest rocket launched – total mass at lift-off * Highest achieved altitude – height in km above launch site (unless orbital) * Notes – comments Major/active spaceports are shown in bold.


Africa


Asia

Note that some Russian cosmodromes appear in this section, some in the Europe section.


Proposed or planned spaceports and rocket launch sites in Asia

* Biak Spaceport, Indonesia * Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport, Tamil Nadu, India.


Europe

Note that some European countries operate spaceports in Africa, South America, or other equatorial regions. These spaceports are listed in this article according to their geographical location. Some Russian-controlled launch sites are listed as being in Asia. Note that some Russian cosmodromes appear in this section, some in the section Asia.


Proposed or planned spaceports in Europe

* Spaceport Sweden, Kiruna * Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK *
Sutherland spaceport The Sutherland spaceport, also known as Space Hub Sutherland or UKVL Sutherland, is planned to be the first spaceport of the United Kingdom. It would be operated by a commercial entity and would employ 40 people. The spaceport will host a launc ...
, Scotland, UK Was formally approved by the Scotland Highland Council in August 2020Scottish spaceport formally approved by Highland Council
William Graham, NasaSpaceFlight.com, 20 August 2020.
* Santa Maria,
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, Portugal * Andøya Spaceport, Norway *
El Hierro Launch Centre El Hierro Launch Centre (in Spanish: ''Centro de Lanzamiento Espacial de La Isla de El Hierro'') is a proposed project by Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) to create a spaceport on the island of El Hierro, called the "Meridian Ze ...
, Canary Islands, Spain *
Taranto-Grottaglie Airport Taranto-Grottaglie "Marcello Arlotta" Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Taranto-Grottaglie "Marcello Arlotta") is an airport serving Taranto and Grottaglie, both ''comunes'' in the province of Taranto in Italy. The airport is located from the city of ...
, Italy


North America


Additional rocket launch sites in North America

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Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
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Barter Island Barter Island is an island located on the Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, east of Arey Island in the Beaufort Sea. It is about four miles (6 km) long and about two miles (3 km) wide at its widest point. Until the late 19th ...
(United States, ) * Black Mesa (United States, ) *
Cecil Airport Cecil Airport is a public airport and commercial spaceport located in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and services military aircraft, corporate aircraft, general aviation, and air cargo. ...
, (United States, ) *
Charlestown, Rhode Island Charlestown is a town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 7,997 at the 2020 census. History Charlestown is named after King Charles II, and was incorporated in 1738. The area was formerly part of the tow ...
(United States, ) *
Cape Parry Cape Parry is a headland in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located at the northern tip of the Parry Peninsula, it projects into Amundsen Gulf. The nearest settlement is Paulatuk, to the south, and Fiji Island is located to the west. Cape Parry ...
(Canada, ) * Cold Lake (Canada, ) * Datil (United States, ) * Eareckson (Aleut islands, United States, ) * Edwards Air Force Base (United States, ) * Eglin Air Force Base (United States, ) * Fort Bliss (United States, ) * Fort Greely (United States, ) * Fort Sherman (United States, ) * Fort Wingate (United States, ) *
Fort Yukon Fort Yukon (''Gwichyaa Zheh'' in Gwich'in) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, straddling the Arctic Circle. The population, predominantly Gwich'in Alaska Natives, was 583 at the 2010 census, down from 595 ...
(United States, ) * Gillam (Canada, ) *
Gilson Butte Gilson may refer to: Places *Gilson, Warwickshire, a hamlet in Warwickshire, England *Gilson, Illinois, a village in the United States * Gilson Butte in Utah, a United States rocket launching site Other uses * Gilson (name) * Gilson (footballer, b ...
(United States, ) *
Grand Turk Island Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands (the smaller of the two archipelagos that make up the island territory) with . Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn ...
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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) warhea ...
* Holloman (United States, ) * Mercury (United States, ) * NAOTS (United States, ) *
North Truro Air Force Station North Truro Air Force Station (AFS) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of North Truro, Massachusetts. Most of the site was inactivated by 1994 and turned over to the National Park Servic ...
(United States, ) *
Point Arguello 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 ...
(United States, ) *
Point Barrow Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, northeast of Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at , south of the North Pole. (The nort ...
(United States, ) *
Point Mugu Point Mugu (, Chumash: ''Muwu'') is a cape or promontory within Point Mugu State Park on the Pacific Coast in Ventura County, near the city of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term ...
(United States, ) * Primrose Lake (Canada, ) * Ramey (Puerto Rico, United States, ) * Red Lake (Canada, ) *
San Clemente San Clemente (; Spanish for " St. Clement") is a city in Orange County, California. Located in the Orange Coast region of the South Coast of California, San Clemente's population was 64,293 in at the 2020 census. Situated roughly midway betw ...
(California, United States, ) *
San Nicolas Island San Nicolas Island ( Spanish: ''Isla de San Nicolás''; Tongva: ''Haraasnga'') is the most remote of the Channel Islands, off of Southern California, 61 miles (98 km) from the nearest point on the mainland coast. It is part of Ventura Cou ...
(California, United States, ) * Sheboygan (Wisconsin, United States, , ) * Sierra de Juarez (Mexico, ) * Sondre Stromfjord (Greenland, ) *
Tonopah Test Range The Tonopah Test Range (TTR, also designated as Area 52) is a highly classified, restricted military installation of the United States Department of Defense, and United States Department of Energy (nuclear stockpile stewardship) located about ...
(United States, ) * Yuma (United States, )


Proposed or planned spaceports in North America

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Cape Breton Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island accounts for 18. ...
Spaceport (aka Cape Breton Space Centre), Nova Scotia * Cape Rich, LFCATC Meaford, Ontario * Oklahoma Spaceport, Burns Flat, * Silver Space Ports, Arizona * Spaceport Washington,
Moses Lake, Washington Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 25,146 as of the 2020 census. Moses Lake is the largest city in Grant County. The city anchors the Moses Lake Micropolitan area, which includes all of Grant C ...
This project was proposed in 2005 by a small real estate brokerage firm operating from an office in Renton, Washington, and has since proven to have been a
scam A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using their credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have ...
. The principal party - Mr. Andy Shin Fong Chen, CEO of ASPI Group, LLC - was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 15 March 2017. No licensing was ever issued by any local, state or Federal government agency, nor was any construction ever initiated.


South America


Oceania


Past and/or planned only

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Weipa Weipa () is a coastal mining town in the local government area of Weipa Town in Queensland. It is the largest town on the Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits along the coast. The Port of Weipa is mainly involv ...
, on the
Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación ...
, Queensland. The Cape York Space Agency was established by the government to develop a launch facility for Ukrainian Zenit launches at Weipa. However, traditional owners represented by the Cape York Land Council blocked the proposal. *
Christmas Island Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an states and territories of Australia, Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Su ...
, Australian external territory. **Site planned 1997 by the Asia Pacific Space Centre, but did not go ahead due to insufficient backing. **
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into or ...
(JAXA) conducted Phase I of a High Speed Flight Demonstration (HSFD) at Aeon Field on Christmas Island in 2002.


Launches at sea


Additional rocket launch sites in the oceans and Antarctica

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Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of ...
(Atlantic island, ) *
Barking Sands The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands is a U.S. naval facility and airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Kekaha, in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. PMRF is the world's lar ...
(Pacific island, ) * Base Matienzo (Antarctica, ) * Bigen Island (Marshall Islands ) *
Bikini Atoll Bikini Atoll ( or ; Marshallese: , , meaning "coconut place"), sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a central lagoon. After the Second ...
(Atoll in the Pacific, launches in conjunction with nuclear bomb tests, ) *
Dumont d'Urville Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (; 23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer, he gave his nam ...
(Antarctica, ) *
Eniwetok Enewetak Atoll (; also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; mh, Ānewetak, , or , ; known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island; ja, ブラウン環礁) is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with i ...
(Atoll in the Pacific, launches in conjunction with nuclear bomb tests, ) * Guam, ) *
Johnston Atoll Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, currently administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Johnston Atoll is a National Wildlife Refuge and part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine Nationa ...
(Pacific island, ) *
Kerguelen The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a la ...
(South Pacific island, ) *
Kindley Air Force Base Kindley Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base in Bermuda from 1948–1970, having been operated from 1943 to 1948 by the United States Army Air Forces as ''Kindley Field''. History World War II Prior to American entry into th ...
(Bermuda islands, ) *
McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
(Antarctica, ) * Molodyozhnaya (Antarctica), ) *
Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
(Cook Islands, ) * Rothera (Antarctica, ) * Siple (Antarctica, ) * Syowa Base (Antarctica, ) * Vicecomodoro Marambio Station (Antarctica, ) * Wake Island (Pacific island, )


See also

* Launch pad *
Spaceport A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word ''spaceport'', and even more so ''cosmodrome'', has traditionally been used for sites capable ...
, including lists of spaceports that have achieved satellite launches and launches of humans * List of launch complexes


References


External links


Overview of rocket launch sites worldwide
– astronautix.com

– nasa.gov

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Missile Range Tool
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