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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.

Shorter lists with the most well-known spaceports:

• A list of spaceports for human spaceflight and satellite launches are available in the article Spaceport.

Contents 1 Table specification 1.1 Sorting order 1.2 Column specification 2 Africa 3 Asia 3.1 Proposed or planned spaceports and rocket launch sites in Asia 4 Europe 4.1 Proposed or planned spaceports in Europe 5 North America 5.1 Additional rocket launch sites in North America 5.2 Proposed or planned spaceports in North America 6 South America 6.1 Proposed or planned spaceports in South America 7 Australia and New Zealand 7.1 Proposed or planned spaceports in Australia and New Zealand 8 Other 8.1 Additional rocket launch sites in the oceans and Antarctica 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Table specification

Sorting order

• A table for each continent;
• Countries in alphabetical order within a table;
• Launch sites within a country are sorted cronologically 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
• Notes – comments

Africa

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
Algeria	Hammaguira French Special Weapons Test Centre, Hammaguir	)	1947–1967		18 000 kg	Orbital	Operated by France.[1]
Algeria	Reggane	)	1961–1965	10
Congo (Zaire)	Shaba North, Kapani Tonneo OTRAG Launch Center	)	1977–1978	3		<50 km	German OTRAG rockets.[2]
Kenya	Broglio Space Centre (San Marco), Malindi	)	1964–1988	27	20 000 kg	Orbital	Scout rockets, operated by ASI and Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.[3]
Libya	Sabha, Tawiwa OTRAG Launch Center	)	1981–1982			50 km	German OTRAG rockets.[4]
Mauretania	Nouadhibou	)	1973-1973	1			During a solar eclipse
South Africa	Overberg South African Test Centre	)	1989–1990				Launched test mission rockets only.[5]

Asia

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

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
China	Base 603, Shijiedu, Guangde	)	1960–1966		1 000 kg	<60 km
China	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center	)	1970–		464 000 kg	Orbital	Human spaceflight[6]
China	Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center	)	1980–			Orbital	Polar satellites[7]
China	Xichang Satellite Launch Center	)	1984–			Lunar	Geo-synchronous satellites, lunar probes.[8][9]
China	Jingyu	)
India	Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram	)	1962–	>2000			[10]
India	Balasore	)
India	Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota), Andhra Pradesh	)	1971–		402 000 kg	Lunar	Satellites and lunar probes;[11]
India	Wheeler Island	)
Indonesia	Pameungpeuk	)	1965–2005
Indonesia	Lapan Space Center, Tjulitan	)	1987–	2	300 kg	70 km
Iran	Qom Space Center	)	1991				Military testing[12]
Iran	Emamshahr Space Center	)	1998				Military testing and sounding rockets for ISA.[13]
Iran	Semnan		2009–	2		Orbital
Iraq	Al-Anbar Test Centre	)	1989				Out of function[14]
Israel	Palmachim Air Force Base	)	1987–	9	70 000 kg	Orbital	[15]
Japan	Akita	)	1956–1990	81		343 km
Japan	Uchinoura Space Center	)	1962–		139 000 kg	Orbital	[16]
Japan	Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Island	)	1967–		445 000 kg	Orbital	[17]
Japan	Ryori	)	1970–
Japan	Niijima	)
Japan	Obachi	)
Kazakhstan	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam	)	1957–	>1000	2 400 000 kg	Interplanetary	First satellite, first human. Operated by Russia.[18]
Kazakhstan	Sary Shagan	)	1958–
Korea, North	Musudan-ri	)	1998–				Military rockets; claimed satellite launch[19]
Korea South	Anhueng	)	1993–
Korea, South	Naro Space Center, Gohueng	)	2008	2			Attempted satellite launches[20]
Maldives	Gan Island	)
Pakistan	Sonmiani Satellite Launch Center, Las Bela, Balochistan	)	1960s –[21]				Sounding rockets, missile testing, for SUPARCO.[22]
Pakistan	Tilla Satellite Launch Center, Jhelum District, Punjab	)	1980s –[23]				Sounding rockets, missile testing, for SUPARCO.[24]
Russia	Kheysa	)	1956–1980
Russia	Svobodny Cosmodrome, Amur Oblast	)	1957–		47 000 kg	Orbital	ICBM base converted for satellites[25]
Russia	Sovetskaya Gavan	)	1963–1964	6		402 km
Russia	Okhotsk	)	1981–2005			1000 km
Russia	Yasny Cosmodrome (formerly Dombarovskiy), Orenburg Oblast	)	2006–		211 000 kg	Orbital	ICBM base converted for satellites[26]

Proposed or planned spaceports and rocket launch sites in Asia

• Biak Spaceport, Papua province, Indonesia (Indonesia/Russia)
• Ras Al Khaimah spaceport, United Arab Emirates^[27]
• Singapore spaceport^[28]
• Tongch'ang-dong Space Launch Center, North Korea, )^[29]
• Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur Oblast, Russia^[30]
• Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China^[31][32]

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

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
France	Ile de Levant	)	1948–
Germany	Rocket Launch Site Berlin, Berlin-Tegel	)	1930–1933			4 km
Germany	Peenemünde/Greifswalder Oie		1942–1945	>3000	12 500 kg	>100 km	V-2 rockets during World War II.
Germany	Cuxhaven	))	1945–1964
Germany	Hespenbusch, Großenkneten	)	1952–1957			<10 km
Germany	Zingst	)	1970-1992	67		80 km
Greece	Koroni	)	1966–1989	371		114 km
Iceland	Vik	)	1964–1965	2
Italy	Salto di Quirra	)	1964–
Norway	Andøya Rocket Range	)	1962–	>900	700 kg		Rockets to the upper atmosphere.[33]
Norway	Marka	)	1983–1984		16 kg
Norway	SvalRak	)	1997–
Poland	Tuchola Forest	)	1944–1945				Nazi-German V-2 rockets
Poland	Łeba	)	1941–1945				Nazi-German rockets
Poland	Łeba	)	1963–1973	33			Polish rockets
Poland	Blizna	)	1943–1944	139			Nazi-German V-2 rockets
Russia	Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast	)	1957–			Orbital	Previously for satellite launches[34]
Russia	Nyonoksa	)	1965–1997
Russia	Plesetsk Cosmodrome		1966–	>1000	300 000 kg	Orbital
Spain	El Arenosillo	)	1966–	>500
Sweden	Nausta	)	1961-1961	1	30 kg	<80 km	Arcas rocket for atmospheric research.[35]
Sweden	Kronogård	)	1961–1964	18	700 kg	135 km	Arcas, Nike-Cajun and Nike-Apache rockets for atmospheric research.
Sweden	Esrange, Kiruna	)	1966–1972	150	700 kg	237 km	Operated by ESRO.[36]
Sweden	Esrange, Kiruna	)	1972–	300	12 400 kg	717 km	Operated by SSC.[36] Major programmes: Maxus, TEXUS, Maser, stratospheric balloons.
United Kingdom	The Needles	)	1956–1971
United Kingdom	South Uist	)	1959–

Proposed or planned spaceports in Europe

• Spaceport Sweden, Kiruna^[37]

North America

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
Canada	Fort Churchill, Manitoba	)	1954–1985	>3500			Canadian Army.[38]
Canada	Hall Beach	)	1971-1971	7		270 km
Canada	Southend	)	1980-1980	2	1 200 kg
Greenland (Denmark)	Thule Air Base	)	1964–1980				US Air Force[39]
USA	Wallops Flight Facility, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia	)	1945–				Now operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center[40]
USA	White Sands Missile Range	)	1946–	>7000			Military and civilian flights. Served as alternate landing site for the space shuttle.[41]
USA	Nevada Test and Training Range (formerly Nellis Air Force Range)	)	1950s–				[42]
USA	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida	)	1956–			Interplanetary	Commercial and U.S. Government unmanned missions.
USA	Vandenberg Air Force Base, California	)	1958–			Orbital	Satellites, ballistic missile tests. Government and commercial launches.[43]
USA	Kennedy Space Center, Florida	)	1963–	151	3 000 000 kg	Lunar	Launched each NASA manned mission. Adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
USA	Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii		1963–				testing of antiballistic missile and missile tracking by the US Navy.
USA	Keweenaw, Michigan	)	1964–1971	>50	770 kg	<160 km	Currently inactive
USA	Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska	)	1991–	14	86 000 kg	Orbital	Ballistic missile interceptor tests, satellite launches. Alaska Aerospace Corporation.[44]
USA	Mojave Air & Space Port, California	)	2004–			112 km	Privately funded spaceflights (SpaceShipOne).
USA	Spaceport America (formerly Southwest Regional Spaceport), Upham, New Mexico	)	2006–	8			Sub-orbital commercial and planned space tourist launches. Joint venture between state of New Mexico and Virgin Galactic.[45][46]
USA	Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia	)	2006–	5	36 000 kg	Orbital	Operates in partnership with NASA, adjacent to the Wallops Flight Facility site. Designed for both commercial and government launches.[47]

Additional rocket launch sites in North America

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Arecibo (Puerto Rico, ) Barbados, ) Barter Island (USA, ) Black Rock Desert (USA, ) Black Mesa (USA, ) Charlestown, Rhode Island (USA, ) Com Range (USA, ) Cape Parry (Canada, ) Cold Lake (Canada, ) Datil (USA, ) Eareckson (USA, Aleut islands, ) Eglin Air Force Base (USA, ) Fort Bliss (USA, ) Fort Greely (Alaska, ) Fort Sherman (USA, )

Fort Wingate (USA, ) Fort Yukon (USA, ) Gillam (Canada, ) Gilson Butte (USA, ) Grand Turk Island ) Holloman (USA, ) Kwajalein (USA, Atoll in the Pacific, ) Mercury (USA, ) NAOTS (USA, ) North Truro Air Force Station (USA, ) Point Arguello (USA, ) Point Barrow(Alaska, ) Point Mugu (USA, ) Poker Flat Research Range (Alaska, )

Primrose Lake (Canada, ) Ramey (Puerto Rico, ) Red Lake (Canada, ) Resolute Bay (Canada, ) San Clemente (USA, California, ) San Nicolas Island(USA, California, ) Santiago Ixcuintla (Mexico, ) Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA, | ) Sierra de Juarez (Mexico, ) Sondre Stromfjord (Greenland, )) Tonopah Test Range (USA, ) Upham (USA, ) Yuma (USA, )

Proposed or planned spaceports in North America

• Spaceport Canada, near Fort Churchill, Manitoba, )
• Oklahoma Spaceport, Burns Flat,^[48][49]
• Corn Ranch, Van Horn, Texas
• Spaceport Sheboygan, Wisconsin, )
• Cape Breton Spaceport (aka Cape Breton Space Center), Nova Scotia,^[50]
• Cape Rich, LFCATC Meaford, Ontario^[51]
• Spaceport Indiana, Columbus Municipal Airport, Columbus, Indiana
• Front Range Spaceport, Aurora, Colorado

South America

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
Argentina	Las Palmas	)	1966-1966	2	3 400 kg	270 km	During a solar eclipse, with Titus rockets.
Argentina	Tartagal	)	1966-1966				During a solar eclipse
Argentina	Mar Chiquita	)	1968–1972	11
Argentina	Villa Reynolds	)	1973-1973	2
Brazil	Natal/Barreira	)	1965–	233		1100 km
Brazil	Praia do Cassino	)	1966-1966	27
Brazil	Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão	)	1990–	35	6 737 kg	956 km	Brazilian Air Force, Brazilian Space Agency. Planned satellite launches.
French Guiana	Guiana Space Centre, Kourou	)	1968–	<200	777 000 kg	Interplanetary	Operated by CNES for ESA; launch base for Arianespace. Commercial and governmental launches.
Peru	CELPA	)
Peru	Chilca	)
Peru	Punta Lobos	)			2 000 kg
Surinam	Coronie	)	1965-1965	4		205 km

Proposed or planned spaceports in South America

• Spaceport Curaçao

Australia and New Zealand

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
Australia	Woomera Test Range	)	1950s–		28 000 kg	Orbital	British/Australian government research facility. Missile testing, 2 satellite launches.
Australia	Carnarvon	)	1964–1965	12		120 km
Australia	Lancelin	)	1974-1974	2			During a total solar eclipse
New Zealand	Birdling's Flat	)

Proposed or planned spaceports in Australia and New Zealand

• Cape York (Australia, )), Proposed site for Russian Zenit launches.^[52][53]
• Christmas Island, planned by Australia^[54] and Japan^[55]

Other

Country	Location	Coordinates	Operational date	Number of rocket launches	Heaviest rocket launched	Highest achieved altitude	Notes
Marshall Island	Omelek	)	1950s-		39 000 kg	Orbital	ICBM base converted for satellites. SpaceX, Falcon. Close to the equator.
	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.
	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.

Additional rocket launch sites in the oceans and Antarctica

Please delete items or move them to the table above with appropriate data and references.

Ascension Island (Atlantic island, )) Barking Sands (Pacific island, )) Base Matienzo (Antarctica, )) Bigen Island (Marshall Islands, )) Bikini Atoll (Atoll in the Pacific, launches in conjunction with nuclear bomb tests, )) Dumont d'Urville (Antarctica, ))

Eniwetok (Atoll in the Pacific, launches in conjunction with nuclear bomb tests, )) Guam, )) Johnston Atoll (Pacific island, )) Kerguelen (South Pacific island, )) Kindley Air Force Base (Bermuda islands, )) McMurdo Station (Antarctica, ))

Molodyozhnaya (Antarctica), )) Rarotonga (Cook Islands, )) Rothera (Antarctica, )) Siple (Antarctica, )) Syowa Base (Antarctica, )) Vicecomodoro Marambio Station (Antarctica, )) Wake Island (Pacific island, ))

See also

• Launch pad
• Spaceport, including lists of spaceports that have achieved satellite launches and launches of humans

References

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