List of spaceports

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The following is a list of spaceports:

Contents 1 Africa 1.1 Kenya 2 Asia 2.1 China 2.2 India 2.3 Israel 2.4 Japan 2.5 Kazakhstan 2.6 Korea 2.7 Pakistan 2.8 Singapore 2.9 UAE 3 Europe 3.1 Norway 3.2 Russia 3.3 Sweden 4 North America 4.1 USA 4.2 Canada 4.3 Greenland 5 South America 5.1 Brazil 5.2 French Guiana 6 Oceania 6.1 Australia 7 Open ocean 8 See also

[edit] Africa

[edit] Kenya

• Broglio Space Centre, Malindi, Kenya (operated by Italy) [1]

[edit] Asia

[edit] China

• Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
• Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China
• Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China (Under expansion)
• Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

[edit] India

• Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

[edit] Israel

• Palmachim Air Force Base, Israel

[edit] Japan

• Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Island, Japan
• Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

[edit] Kazakhstan

• Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam, Kazakhstan (operated by Russia)

[edit] Korea

• Korea Space Center, South Korea (Under construction)

[edit] Pakistan

• Sonmiani Launch Center, Pakistan

[edit] Singapore

• Singapore spaceport, Singapore (Proposed)

[edit] UAE

• Ras Al Khaimah spaceport, United Arab Emirates (Proposed)

[edit] Europe

Note that some European countries operate space ports in Africa, South America, or other equatorial regions. These space ports are listed in this article according to their geographical location.

[edit] Norway

• Andøya Rocket Range, Norway

[edit] Russia

• Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
• Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
• Svobodny, Amur Oblast, Russia

[edit] Sweden

• Spaceport Sweden, Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden (proposed)

[edit] North America

[edit] USA

• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Merritt Island, Florida
• Corn Ranch, Van Horn, Texas
• Kennedy Space Center, also on Merritt Island, Florida
• Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) / Wallops Flight Facility, on the Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia
• Mojave Spaceport, Mojave, California
• Oklahoma Spaceport, Burns Flat, Oklahoma [2][3][4]
• Southwest Regional Spaceport / Spaceport America[5], Upham, New Mexico
• Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
• Spaceport Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, (proposed)

[edit] Canada

• Cape Breton space center, Nova Scotia (proposed)
• Cape Rich, LFCATC Meaford, Grey County, Ontario (proposed)
• Spaceport Canada, Fort Churchill, Churchill, Manitoba (proposed)

[edit] Greenland

• Thule (proposed)

[edit] South America

[edit] Brazil

• Alcantara Launch Center, Maranhão, Brazil

[edit] French Guiana

• Guiana Space Center at Kourou, French Guiana (Operated by the CNES for the European Space Agency)

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

• Woomera, South Australia (proposed)
• Christmas Island Spaceport, Christmas Island, Australia (Proposed)^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Open ocean

• Sea Launch sails with a converted oil platform between Long Beach, California, where a rocket is collected, and the equator, where the rocket is launched from the platform

[edit] See also

• Rocket launch sites