List of rocket launch sites
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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. 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.
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[]
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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French Algeria | Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux (CIEES), Hammaguir | 31°05′58″N 2°50′09″W / 31.09951°N 2.83581°W | 1947–1967 | 230 | 18 000 kg | Orbital | Operated by France.[1] |
Algeria | Reggane | 26°43′08″N 0°16′37″E / 26.71895°N 0.27691°E | 1961–1965 | 10 | |||
Zaire | Shaba North, Kapani Tonneo OTRAG Launch Center | 7°55′33″S 28°31′40″E / 7.92587°S 28.52766°E | 1975–1979 | 3 | <50 km | German OTRAG rockets.[2] | |
Egypt | Jabal Hamzah ballistic missile test and launch facility | 30°07′32.7″N 30°36′18.5″E / 30.125750°N 30.605139°E | 1962–1973 | 6 | Testing SRBMs Al Zafir and Al Kahir[3][4] | ||
Kenya | Broglio Space Centre (San Marco), Malindi | 2°56′27″S 40°12′48″E / 2.94080°S 40.21340°E | 1964–1988 | 27 | 20 000 kg | Orbital | Scout rockets, operated by ASI and Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.[5] |
Libya | Sabha, Tawiwa OTRAG Launch Center | 26°59′38″N 14°27′51″E / 26.99392°N 14.46425°E | 1981–1987 | 2 | 50 km | German OTRAG rockets after site in Zaire closed.[6] | |
Mauritania | Nouadhibou | 20°55′43″N 17°01′54″W / 20.92856°N 17.03153°W | 1973–1973 | 1 | During a solar eclipse | ||
South Africa | Overberg South African Test Centre | 34°36′10″S 20°18′09″E / 34.60265°S 20.30248°E | 1986–1993, 2000s– | Launched test mission rockets only.[7] |
Asia[]
Note that some Russian cosmodromes appear in this section, some in the Europe section.
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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China | Base 603, Shijiedu, Guangde | 30°56′15″N 119°12′21″E / 30.93743°N 119.20575°E | 1960–1966 | 1 000 kg | <60 km | |
China | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | 40°57′38″N 100°17′54″E / 40.96056°N 100.29833°E | 1970– | 464 000 kg | Orbital | Human spaceflight[8] |
China | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | 39°08′36″N 111°58′03″E / 39.14321°N 111.96741°E | 1980– | 249 000 kg | Orbital | Polar satellites[9] |
China | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | 28°14′47″N 102°01′41″E / 28.24646°N 102.02814°E | 1984– | 459 000 kg | Lunar | Geo-synchronous satellites, lunar probes.[10][11] |
China | Wenchang Satellite Launch Center | 19°36′52.17″N 110°57′4.08″E / 19.6144917°N 110.9511333°E | 2016– | 879 000 kg | Interplanetary | New site on Hainan Island with pads for Long March 5 and Long March 7 rockets |
China | Jingyu | 42°00′N 126°30′E / 42.0°N 126.5°E | ||||
India | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (Thumba), Kerala | 8°31′53″N 76°52′08″E / 8.5314°N 76.8690°E | 1962– | [12] | ||
India | Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota), Andhra Pradesh | 13°44′15″N 80°14′06″E / 13.73740°N 80.23510°E | 1971– | 690 000 kg | Interplanetary | Satellites and lunar probes;[13] |
India | Dr.Abdul Kalam Island, Bhadrak, Odisha | 20°45′29″N 87°05′08″E / 20.75804°N 87.085533°E | Military testing facility[14][circular reference] | |||
Indonesia | LAPAN Rocket Launcher Station, Pameungpeuk, Garut | 7°38′48″S 107°41′20″E / 7.646643°S 107.689018°E | 1965– | 765 kg | 100 km | |
Iran | Qom Space Center | 34°39′00″N 50°54′00″E / 34.65000°N 50.90000°E | 1991 | Military testing[15] | ||
Iran | Emamshahr Space Center | 36°25′12″N 55°01′12″E / 36.42000°N 55.02000°E | 1998 | Military testing and sounding rockets for ISA[16] | ||
Iran | Semnan spaceport | 35°14′05″N 53°55′15″E / 35.234631°N 53.920941°E | 2009– | Orbital | ||
Iraq | Al-Anbar Test Center | 32°46′56″N 44°17′59″E / 32.78220°N 44.29962°E | 1989 | Out of function[17] | ||
Israel | Palmachim Air Force Base | 31°53′05″N 34°40′49″E / 31.88484°N 34.68020°E | 1987– | 70 000 kg | Orbital | [18] |
Japan | Akita Rocket Range | 39°34′17″N 140°03′28″E / 39.57148°N 140.05785°E | 1956–1990 | 343 km | ||
Japan | Uchinoura Space Center | 31°15′07″N 131°04′45″E / 31.25186°N 131.07914°E | 1962– | 139 000 kg | Interplanetary | [19] |
Japan | Taiki Aerospace Research Field, Hokkaido | 42°18′00″N 143°15′46″E / 42.3000°N 143.2629°E | 2010– | 1000 kg | 115 km | Suborbital and future orbital launch site for Interstellar Technologies |
Japan | Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Island | 30°23′27″N 130°58′05″E / 30.39096°N 130.96813°E | 1967– | 445 000 kg | Interplanetary | [20] |
Japan | Ryori[21] | 39°01′48″N 141°49′48″E / 39.03000°N 141.83000°E | 1970–2001 | Sounding rocket launch site for the Japan Meteorological Agency | ||
Japan | Niijima | 34°20′16″N 139°15′57″E / 34.33766°N 139.26575°E | 1963–1965 | Eighteen launches of small rockets[22][23] | ||
Japan | Obachi[citation needed] | 40°42′12″N 141°22′10″E / 40.70342°N 141.36938°E | ||||
Soviet Union/ Kazakhstan
(Operated by Russia) |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam | 45°57′19″N 63°21′01″E / 45.95515°N 63.35028°E | 1955– | 2 400 000 kg | Interplanetary | First satellite, first human in space. Operated by Russia.[24] |
Soviet Union/ Kazakhstan | Sary Shagan[citation needed] | 46°22′48″N 72°52′12″E / 46.38000°N 72.87000°E | 1958– | |||
North Korea | Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground | 40°51′21″N 129°39′57″E / 40.85572°N 129.66587°E | 1998– | Military rockets; satellite launch[25] | ||
North Korea | Sohae Satellite Launching Station | 39°39′36″N 124°42′18″E / 39.660°N 124.705°E | 2012– | Military rockets; satellite launch[26] | ||
South Korea | Anhueng | 36°42′08″N 126°28′18″E / 36.70211°N 126.47158°E | 1993– | |||
South Korea | Naro Space Center, Gohueng | 34°25′33″N 127°31′41″E / 34.42585°N 127.52793°E | 2008– | Orbital | Attempted satellite launches[27] | |
Maldives | Gan Island | 0°41′36″S 73°09′24″E / 0.69328°S 73.15672°E | Several rockets of the Kookaburra type were launched from a pad at 0°41' S and 73°9' E[28] | |||
Pakistan | Sonmiani Satellite Launch Center, Las Bela, Balochistan | 25°11′33″N 66°44′56″E / 25.19242°N 66.74881°E | 1960s–[29] | Sounding rockets & missile testing for SUPARCO[30] | ||
Pakistan | Tilla Satellite Launch Center, Jhelum District, Punjab | 33°23′46″N 73°17′46″E / 33.39610°N 73.29608°E | 1980s–[31] | Sounding rockets & missile testing for SUPARCO[32] | ||
Soviet Union | Kheysa[citation needed] | 80°27′00″N 58°03′00″E / 80.45000°N 58.05000°E | 1956–1980 | |||
Soviet Union/ Russia | Svobodny Cosmodrome, Amur Oblast | 51°50′04″N 128°16′33″E / 51.83441°N 128.27570°E | 1957–2007 | 47 000 kg | Orbital | ICBM base converted for satellites[33] |
Soviet Union | Sovetskaya Gavan | 48°58′12″N 140°18′00″E / 48.97000°N 140.30000°E | 1963–1964 | 402 km | ||
Soviet Union/ Russia | Okhotsk[citation needed] | 59°22′N 143°15′E / 59.367°N 143.250°E | 1981–2005 | 1000 km | ||
Russia | Yasny Cosmodrome (formerly Dombarovsky), Orenburg Oblast | 51°12′25″N 59°51′00″E / 51.20706°N 59.85003°E | 2006– | 211 000 kg | Orbital | ICBM base converted for satellites[34] |
Russia | Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur Oblast[35] | 51°52′59″N 128°19′59″E / 51.883°N 128.333°E | 2016–[36] | Facility on Russian territory to supplement Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan | ||
Taiwan | Gangzi Station, Haiqian, Pingtung County | 22°06′N 120°54′E / 22.10°N 120.90°E | 1988– | 10 000 kg | 300 km | Science and technology development |
Taiwan | Nantian Launch Facility, Taitung County | 22°15′44″N 120°53′25″E / 22.26212°N 120.89037°E, | 2016– | Used by TiSPACE for testing and launching |
Proposed or planned spaceports and rocket launch sites in Asia[]
- Biak Spaceport, Indonesia
- , Tamil Nadu, India.[37]
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
[38]Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Bulgaria | Ahtopol | 42°05′09″N 27°57′18″E / 42.085846°N 27.955125°E | 1984–1990 | 28 | 475 kg | 90 km | |
France | Ile du Levant | 43°02′42″N 6°28′44″E / 43.04507°N 6.47887°E | 1948–1970s | Missile test site | |||
Germany | Rocket Launch Site Berlin, Berlin-Tegel | 52°21′00″N 13°12′36″E / 52.35000°N 13.21000°E | 1930–1933 | 4 km | |||
Germany | Peenemünde/Greifswalder Oie | 54°08′35″N 13°47′38″E / 54.14300°N 13.79400°E | 1942–1945 | >3000 | 12 500 kg | 175 km | V-2 rockets during World War II, first rocket to reach space 20 June 1944 |
West Germany | Cuxhaven | 53°50′56″N 8°35′30″E / 53.84884°N 8.59154°E) | 1945–1964 | >110 km | |||
West Germany | Hespenbusch, Großenkneten | 52°56′20″N 8°18′45″E / 52.939002°N 8.312515°E | 1952–1957 | <10 km | |||
Germany | Zingst | 54°26′24″N 12°47′04″E / 54.44008°N 12.78431°E | 1970–1992 | 67 | 130 kg | 80 km | |
Greece | Koroni | 36°46′11″N 21°55′54″E / 36.7698°N 21.9316°E | 1966–1989 | 371 | 114 km | ||
Iceland | Vik | 63°25′08″N 19°00′17″W / 63.41891°N 19.00463°W | 1964–1965 | 2 | |||
Italy | Salto di Quirra | 39°31′38″N 9°37′59″E / 39.52731°N 9.63303°E | 1964–[citation needed] | ||||
Norway | Andøya Space Center | 69°17′39″N 16°01′15″E / 69.29430°N 16.02070°E | 1962– | >1200 | 800 kg | Rockets to the upper atmosphere.[39] | |
Norway | Marka | 58°12′00″N 7°18′00″E / 58.20000°N 7.30000°E | 1983–1984 | 16 kg | |||
Norway | SvalRak | 78°13′24″N 15°38′49″E / 78.2234°N 15.6470°E | 1997–[citation needed] | ||||
Nazi-occupied Poland | SS-Proving Ground Westpreußen today Poland (Tuchola Forest) | 53°37′11″N 17°59′06″E / 53.61970°N 17.98492°E | 1944–1945 | Nazi-German V-2 rockets | |||
Germany | Leba in Pommern since 1945 part of Poland | 54°46′09″N 17°35′37″E / 54.76904°N 17.59355°E | 1941–1945 | Nazi-German rockets | |||
Poland | [citation needed] | 54°45′16″N 17°31′05″E / 54.754486°N 17.517919°E | 1963–1973 | 36 | Polish rockets | ||
Nazi-occupied Poland | V-2 missile launch site, Blizna | 50°10′55″N 21°36′58″E / 50.18190°N 21.61620°E | 1943–1944[citation needed] | 139 | Nazi-German V-2 rockets | ||
Soviet Union/ Russia | Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast | 48°34′41″N 46°15′15″E / 48.57807°N 46.25420°E | 1957–[citation needed] | Orbital | Previously for satellite launches[40] | ||
Soviet Union/ Russia | Nyonoksa | 64°38′57″N 39°11′14″E / 64.64928°N 39.18721°E | 1965–1997[citation needed] | ||||
Soviet Union/ Russia | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 62°55′32″N 40°34′40″E / 62.92556°N 40.57778°E | 1966– | >1000 | 760 000 kg | Orbital | |
Spain | El Arenosillo | 37°05′49″N 6°44′19″W / 37.09687°N 6.73863°W | 1966–[citation needed] | >500 | 720 km[41] | Formerly used only by INTA, now used by Zero 2 Infinity and PLD Space | |
Sweden | Nausta | 66°21′26″N 19°16′33″E / 66.357202°N 19.275813°E | 1961–1961[citation needed] | 1 | 30 kg | <80 km | Arcas rocket for atmospheric research.[42] |
Sweden | Kronogård | 66°24′53″N 19°16′36″E / 66.4147°N 19.2767°E | 1961–1964 | 18 | 700 kg | 135 km | Arcas, Nike-Cajun and Nike-Apache rockets for atmospheric research. |
Sweden | Esrange, Kiruna | 67°53′36″N 21°06′15″E / 67.89342°N 21.10429°E | 1966– | 450 | 12 400 kg | 717 km | Operated by ESRO.[43] Operated by SSC since 1972.[43] Major programmes: Maxus, TEXUS, Maser, stratospheric balloons. |
United Kingdom | Highdown Test Site, Isle of Wight | 50°39′50″N 1°34′35″W / 50.6639345°N 1.5763664°W | 1956–1971 | 0 | This site was used for static tests of assembled rockets only prior to them being shipped to Australia for launch.[44] | ||
United Kingdom | South Uist | 57°19′48″N 7°19′48″W / 57.33000°N 7.33000°W | 1959, 2015 | 2 | approx 1300 kg +payload | First test launch in 1959. First space launch from the UK took place here in October 2015 as part of 'At Sea Demonstration 15' of an American 'Terrier-Orion' sounding rocket.[45] |
Proposed or planned spaceports in Europe[]
- Spaceport Sweden, Kiruna[46]
- Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK[47]
- Sutherland spaceport, Scotland, UK[48] Was formally approved by the Scotland Highland Council in August 2020[49]
- Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal[50]
- Andøya Spaceport, Norway[51]
- El Hierro Launch Centre, Canary Islands, Spain [52]
- Taranto-Grottaglie Airport, Italy[53]
North America[]
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Canada | Churchill Rocket Research Range, Manitoba | 58°44′03″N 93°49′13″W / 58.73430°N 93.82030°W | 1954–1998 | 3500+ | Canadian Army.[54] | ||
Canada | Resolute Bay, Nunavut | 74°41′13″N 94°53′46″W / 74.6870°N 94.8962°W | 1966–1971 | 17 | National Research Council Canada.[55] | ||
Canada | Hall Beach, Nunavut | 68°46′34″N 81°14′36″W / 68.77607°N 81.24346°W | 1971–1971 | 7 | 270 km | ||
Canada | Southend, Saskatchewan | 56°12′N 103°08′W / 56.20°N 103.14°W | 1980 | 2 | 1 200 kg | ||
Canada | Maritime Spaceport, Canso, Nova Scotia | 45°18′25″N 60°59′16″W / 45.30688°N 60.98767°W | 2019– | 0 | Launch site for Cyclone-4M[56][57] | ||
Greenland ( Denmark) | Thule Air Base | 76°25′26″N 68°17′37″W / 76.4240°N 68.2936°W | 1964–1980 | Former US Air Force launch site[58] | |||
United States | Clark University Physics Laboratory, Worcester, Massachusetts | 42°15′04″N 71°49′23″W / 42.250977°N 71.823169°W | 1914–1920s | ~10 | Robert H. Goddard's first experimental rockets, starting with powder-based fuels. Was also site of liquid rocket engine tests before being launched in nearby Auburn.[59]: 74 | ||
United States | Goddard Test Site, Auburn, Massachusetts | 42°13′08″N 71°48′43″W / 42.21882°N 71.81194°W | 1925–1930 | 5 | Open field chosen as rocket test site in 1925; launch site of Robert H. Goddard's first liquid fuel rockets beginning on 16 March 1926.[59]: 143 | ||
United States | Eden Valley Test Site, Roswell, New Mexico | 33°37′34″N 104°30′00″W / 33.62600°N 104.50000°W | 1930–1941 | >30 | Used for Goddard's later rocket tests. | ||
United States | Wallops Flight Facility, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia | 37°50′46″N 75°28′46″W / 37.84621°N 75.47938°W | 1945– | 1600+ | Now operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.[60] In 2019, Rocket Lab built their first US launch facility here.[61] | ||
United States | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | 32°33′53″N 106°21′33″W / 32.56460°N 106.35908°W | 1945– | 7500+ | Military and civilian flights. Served as alternate landing site for the Space Shuttle.[62] | ||
United States | Nevada Test and Training Range (formerly Nellis Air Force Range) | 36°46′17″N 116°06′49″W / 36.77150°N 116.11374°W | 1946–1960s | 2000+ | [63] | ||
United States | Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska | 65°07′34″N 147°28′44″W / 65.12599°N 147.47894°W | 1949– | 5000+ | Sounding rocket launch site | ||
United States | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida | 28°28′00″N 80°33′31″W / 28.46675°N 80.55852°W | 1949– | 1000+ | Interstellar | Commercial and U.S. Government unmanned missions. Adjacent to NASA KSC. | |
United States | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | 34°46′19″N 120°36′04″W / 34.77204°N 120.60124°W | 1958– | 500+ | Interplanetary | Satellites, ballistic missile tests. Government and commercial launches.[64] Also launches SpaceX rockets. | |
United States | Kennedy Space Center, Florida | 28°36′30″N 80°36′14″W / 28.6082°N 80.6040°W | 1962– | 151 | 3 000 000 kg | Interplanetary | Launched each NASA manned mission. Adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. |
United States | Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii | 22°01′22″N 159°47′06″W / 22.02278°N 159.785°W | 1963– | Used for testing of antiballistic missile and missile tracking by the US Navy. | |||
United States | Keweenaw, Michigan | 47°25′47″N 87°42′52″W / 47.42980°N 87.71443°W | 1964–1971[citation needed] | 50+ | 770 kg | <160 km | Sounding rocket launch site. Currently inactive. |
United States | Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak, Alaska | 57°26′07″N 152°20′22″W / 57.43533°N 152.33931°W | 1991– | 26 | 86 000 kg | Orbital | Ballistic missile interceptor tests, satellite launches. Alaska Aerospace Corporation.[65] |
United States | Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia | 37°50′00″N 75°29′00″W / 37.833378°N 75.483284°W | 1995– | 22 | 89 805 kg | Lunar | Operates in partnership with NASA, adjacent to Wallops Flight Facility. Designed for both commercial and government launches.[66] |
United States | Mojave Air and Space Port, California | 35°03′33″N 118°08′56″W / 35.05910°N 118.14880°W | 2003– | 20+ | 112 km | Adjacent to Edwards AFB. Privately funded, horizontal-launch spaceport. Xoie, Xombie, Xodiac (Masten Space Systems); SpaceShipOne, SpaceShipTwo (Scaled Composites, Virgin Galactic); Launcher One (Virgin Orbit). | |
United States | Spaceport America, Upham, New Mexico | 32°53′22″N 106°59′58″W / 32.88943°N 106.99945°W | 2006– | 50+ | Sub-orbital commercial and planned space tourist launches. Operated by the state of New Mexico with Virgin Galactic as the anchor tenant.[67][68][69][70] Adjacent to White Sands Missile Range. | ||
United States | Corn Ranch, Van Horn, Texas | 31°15′09″N 104°27′12″W / 31.2524°N 104.4532°W | 2006– | 20 | ~105 km | Used by Blue Origin for suborbital launches and engine tests. | |
United States | Spaceport Camden, Camden County, Georgia | 30°33′14″N 81°18′19″W / 30.5539°N 81.3053°W | 2016–2019 | 2 | ~10 km | Originally Thiokol rocket testing facility. Used by Vector Space for testing and launching. | |
United States | SpaceX Starbase Spaceport, Boca Chica, Texas | 25°59′46″N 97°09′14″W / 25.996°N 97.154°W | 2018– | ~10 | 12.5 km | Site originally planned for Falcon rockets, now used exclusively by SpaceX for Starship/SuperHeavy testing and launching. | |
United States | Maine Spaceport Complex, Washington County, Maine | 30°33′14″N 81°18′19″W / 30.5539°N 81.3053°W | 2020– | 1 | ~2 km | Launch site to be used for suborbital and polar low-Earth orbital launch on the east coast by companies BluShift Aerospace and [71][72] and funded by Maine Space Grant Consortium. |
Additional rocket launch sites in North America[]
Please delete items or move them to the table above with appropriate data and references.
Proposed or planned spaceports in North America[]
- Cape Breton Spaceport (aka Cape Breton Space Centre), Nova Scotia[73]
- , LFCATC Meaford, Ontario[74]
- Oklahoma Spaceport, Burns Flat,[75][76]
- , Arizona
- Spaceport Washington, Moses Lake, Washington[77][78] 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.[79][80] 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.[81] No licensing was ever issued by any local, state or Federal government agency, nor was any construction ever initiated.
South America[]
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Argentina | Pampa de Achala | 31°35′00″S 64°50′00″W / 31.5833°S 64.8333°W | 1961–1962 | 8 | 28 kg | 25 km | First Argentine launch site |
Argentina | CELPA | 30°07′39″S 66°20′27″W / 30.12737°S 66.34082°W | 1962–1991, 2010– | 100 (approximately) | 933 kg | 550 km | Military Launch Test Site () |
Argentina | Las Palmas | 27°05′43″S 58°45′13″W / 27.09531°S 58.75352°W | 1966–1966 | 2 | 3 400 kg | 270 km | During a solar eclipse, with rockets. |
Argentina | Tartagal | 22°45′42″S 63°49′26″W / 22.76158°S 63.82381°W | 1966–1966 | During a solar eclipse | |||
Argentina | Mar Chiquita | 37°43′27″S 57°24′18″W / 37.72427°S 57.40512°W | 1968–1972 | 11 | |||
Argentina | Villa Reynolds | 33°43′29″S 65°22′38″W / 33.72460°S 65.37730°W | 1973–1973 | 2 | |||
Argentina | 30°38′00″S 65°23′00″W / 30.6333°S 65.3833°W | 2009 | 1 | 500 kg | 40 km | Military test (Gradicom I) | |
Argentina | 35°31′26″S 57°11′02″W / 35.523889°S 57.183889°W | 2011– | 3 | 7 076 kg [82] | 2.2 km | Civilian Launch Test Site (CONAE) | |
Argentina | Puerto Belgrano | 38°57′46″S 61°42′54″W / 38.9628°S 61.715°W | 2014– | Launch pad for Tronador II under construction (CONAE) | |||
Brazil | Natal-Barreira do Inferno | 5°51′58″S 35°22′59″W / 5.86600°S 35.38300°W | 1965– | 233 | 1100 km | ||
Brazil | Praia do Cassino | 32°05′00″S 52°10′02″W / 32.08338°S 52.16725°W | 1966–1966 | 27 | |||
Brazil | Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão | 2°18′58″S 44°22′03″W / 2.3160°S 44.3676°W | 1990– | 35 | 6 737 kg | 956 km | Brazilian Air Force, Brazilian Space Agency. Planned satellite launches. |
French Guiana | Guiana Space Centre, Kourou | 5°14′15″N 52°46′10″W / 5.23739°N 52.76950°W | 1968– | <200 | 777 000 kg | Interplanetary | Operated by CNES for ESA; launch base for Arianespace. Commercial and governmental launches. |
Peru | Chilca Launch Range | 12°30′17″S 76°47′55″W / 12.50477°S 76.79849°W | 1974-1983 | <65 | 590 km | Sounding rocket launch location.[83] | |
Peru | Chilca PLOB, Punta Lobos Range | 12°30′00″S 76°48′00″W / 12.50000°S 76.8000°W | 1983 | 32 | 2 000 kg | 590 km | Sounding rocket launch location. Possibly part of, or identical to, Chilca Launch Range. |
Dutch Suriname | Coronie | 5°52′21″N 56°17′21″W / 5.87241°N 56.28908°W | 1965–1965 | 4 | 205 km |
Oceania[]
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Australia | Woomera Test Range, SA | 30°57′31″S 136°30′13″E / 30.95875°S 136.50366°E | 1950s– | 28 000 kg | Orbital | Australian government research facility. Missile testing, 2 satellite launches. | |
Australia | Carnarvon, WA | 24°29′08″S 113°24′31″E / 24.48564°S 113.40866°E | 1964–1965 | 12 | 120 km | ||
Australia | Lancelin, WA | 30°58′59″S 115°19′04″E / 30.98309°S 115.31774°E | 1974–1974 | 2 | During a total solar eclipse | ||
Australia | Koonibba Test Range, SA | 31°53′08″S 133°26′55″E / 31.885558°S 133.448686°E | 2019– | 2 | 85 km | Used by Southern Launch for suborbital launch tests | |
Australia | Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, SA | 34°56′02″S 135°39′08″E / 34.934°S 135.6523°E | 2020– | Used by Southern Launch for orbital polar launches | |||
Australia | Gulkula, NT | 2021– | Proposed | ||||
Marshall Islands | Reagan Test Site, Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll | 9°02′53″N 167°44′35″E / 9.048167°N 167.743083°E | 1950s– | 39 000 kg | Orbital | US-controlled ICBM base converted for satellites. SpaceX Falcon 1. Close to the equator. | |
New Zealand | Birdling's Flat | 43°49′01″S 172°40′59″E / 43.81700°S 172.68300°E | 1980s– | 10< | Used for sounding rockets. Formerly proposed launch site for Rocket Lab, never developed. | ||
New Zealand | Great Mercury Island | 36°21′18″S 175°27′36″E / 36.35511°S 175.46006°E | 2009 | 1 | 60 kg | 120 km | Used for the first launch by Rocket Lab of their Atea 1 suborbital rocket. |
New Zealand | Mahia Peninsula | 39°15′38″S 177°51′52″E / 39.26044°S 177.86431°E | 2017– | 20< | 10 500 kg | Orbital | Launch site built and operated by Rocket Lab. First commercial spaceport in the southern hemisphere. |
Past and/or planned only[]
- Weipa, on the Cape York Peninsula, 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 blocked the proposal.[86][87]
- Christmas Island, Australian external territory.
Launches at sea[]
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Ocean Odyssey complex | Mobile | 1999– | 30 | 462 000 kg | Orbital | Mobile satellite launch platform operated by Sea Launch. Uses a converted oil platform that plies between Long Beach, California, where a Zenit-3SL rocket is collected, and the equator, where the rocket is launched. | |
Russia | Russian Delta class submarines | Mobile | 1998– | 2 | 30 000 kg | Orbital | Launch of unmanned satellites into Earth orbit via converted SLBM missile Shtil from the Barents Sea. |
Denmark | MLP Sputnik | 55°02′57″N 15°36′11″E / 55.04917°N 15.60306°E | 2010– | 4 | 1 630 kg | 8.2 km | Mobile satellite launch platform operated by Copenhagen Suborbitals. |
Additional rocket launch sites in the oceans and Antarctica[]
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See also[]
- Launch pad
- Spaceport, including lists of spaceports that have achieved satellite launches and launches of humans
- List of launch complexes
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External links[]
- Overview of rocket launch sites worldwide – astronautix.com
- Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral – nasa.gov
- Description and map of Cape Canaveral – astronautix.com
- Missile Range Tool – Carlos Labs
- Baikonur – russianspaceweb.com
- Description and map of Baikonur – astronautix.com
- Description and map of Kourou – astronautix.com
- Rocket launch site Kiruna – astronautix.com
- Homepage of Esrange – ssc.se
- Rocket launch site Salto di Quirra – astronautix.com
- Rocket launch sites
- Spaceports
- Lists of places
- Lists of rocket launches