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. 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
- operational date;
- 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
- Notes – comments
Africa
Asia
Note that some Russian cosmodromes appear in this section, some in the section Europe
Proposed or planned spaceports and rocket launch sites in Asia
- Morotai spaceport, Indonesia
- Kulasekarapattinam spaceport, Tamil Nadu, India.[33]
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[38]
North America
Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Canada | Fort Churchill, Manitoba | 58°44′03″N 93°49′13″W / 58.73430°N 93.82030°W | 1954–1985 | >3500 | Canadian Army.[39] | ||
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.[40] | ||
Canada | Hall Beach | 68°46′34″N 81°14′36″W / 68.77607°N 81.24346°W | 1971–1971 | 7 | 270 km | ||
Canada | Southend | 56°20′N 103°14′W / 56.333°N 103.233°W | 1980–1980 | 2 | 1 200 kg | ||
Greenland (Denmark) | Thule Air Base | 76°25′26″N 68°17′37″W / 76.4240°N 68.2936°W | 1964–1980 | US Air Force[41] | |||
United States | Wallops Flight Facility, Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia | 37°50′46″N 75°28′46″W / 37.84621°N 75.47938°W | 1945– | Now operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center[42] | |||
United States | White Sands Missile Range | 32°33′53″N 106°21′33″W / 32.56460°N 106.35908°W | 1946– | >7000 | Military and civilian flights. Served as alternate landing site for the space shuttle.[43] | ||
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 | 1950s– | [44] | |||
United States | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida | 28°28′00″N 80°33′31″W / 28.46675°N 80.55852°W | 1956– | Interplanetary | Commercial and U.S. Government unmanned missions. | ||
United States | Vandenberg Air Force Base, California | 34°46′19″N 120°36′04″W / 34.77204°N 120.60124°W | 1958– | Orbital | Satellites, ballistic missile tests. Government and commercial launches.[45] | ||
United States | Kennedy Space Center, Florida | 28°36′30″N 80°36′14″W / 28.6082°N 80.6040°W | 1963– | 151 | 3 000 000 kg | Lunar | 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 159.78500°W | 1963– | 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 | >50 | 770 kg | <160 km | Currently inactive |
United States | Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska | 57°26′07″N 152°20′22″W / 57.43533°N 152.33931°W | 1991– | 14 | 86 000 kg | Orbital | Ballistic missile interceptor tests, satellite launches. Alaska Aerospace Corporation.[46] |
United States | Mojave Air and Space Port, California | 35°03′33″N 118°08′56″W / 35.05910°N 118.14880°W | 2004– | 112 km | Privately-funded spaceflights (SpaceShipOne, SpaceShipTwo). | ||
United States | Spaceport America (formerly Southwest Regional Spaceport), Upham, New Mexico | 32°53′22″N 106°59′58″W / 32.88943°N 106.99945°W | 2006– | 8 | Sub-orbital commercial and planned space tourist launches. Joint venture between state of New Mexico and Virgin Galactic.[47][48] | ||
United States | Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia | 37°50′00″N 75°29′00″W / 37.833378°N 75.483284°W | 2006– | 6 | 89 805 kg | Lunar | Operates in partnership with NASA, adjacent to the Wallops Flight Facility site. Designed for both commercial and government launches.[49] |
Additional rocket launch sites in North America
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Proposed or planned spaceports in North America
- Cape Breton Spaceport (aka Cape Breton Space Center), Nova Scotia,[50]
- Cape Rich, LFCATC Meaford, Ontario[51]
- Oklahoma Spaceport, Burns Flat,[52][53]
- Spaceport Canada, near Fort Churchill, Manitoba, 58°44′03″N 93°49′13″W / 58.73430°N 93.82030°W
- SpaceX South Texas Launch Site, Brownsville, Texas, 25°59′46″N 97°09′14″W / 25.996°N 97.154°W
South America
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 | 30°57′31″S 136°30′13″E / 30.95875°S 136.50366°E | 1950s– | 28 000 kg | Orbital | British/Australian government research facility. Missile testing, 2 satellite launches. | |
Australia | Carnarvon | 24°29′08″S 113°24′31″E / 24.48564°S 113.40866°E | 1964–1965 | 12 | 120 km | ||
Australia | Lancelin | 30°58′59″S 115°19′04″E / 30.98309°S 115.31774°E | 1974–1974 | 2 | During a total solar eclipse | ||
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 |
Proposed or planned spaceports in Oceania
- Cape York (Australia, 12°15′00″S 143°06′00″E / 12.25000°S 143.10000°E), Proposed site for Russian Zenit launches.[54][55]
- Christmas Island, planned by Australia[56] and Japan[57]
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. | |
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
References
- ↑ Hammaguira – astronautix.com
- ↑ Kapani Tonneo – astronautix.com
- ↑ "Jabal Hamzah". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ "Egypt - Missile". NTI. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ San Marco – astronautix.com
- ↑ Tawiwa – astronautix.com
- ↑ Overberg – astronautix.com
- ↑ Jiuquan – astronautix.com
- ↑ Taiyuan – astronautix.com
- ↑ ""嫦娥一号"发射时间确定 但未到公布时机". XINHUA Online. July 7, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
- ↑ Xichang – astronautix.com
- ↑ Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO
- ↑ Sriharikota – astronautix.com
- ↑ Qom – astronautix.com
- ↑ Emamshahr – astronautix.com
- ↑ Al Anbar – astronautix.com
- ↑ Palmachim – astronautix.com
- ↑ Kagoshima – astronautix.com
- ↑ Tanegashima – astronautix.com
- ↑ Baikonur – astronautix.com
- ↑ Musudan – astronautix.com
- ↑ Sohae Satellite Launching Station– NTI.org
- ↑ Goheung – astronautix.com
- ↑ http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kooburra.htm
- ↑ Missile Facilities – Flight Test Range, Sonmiani Beach, NTI
- ↑ Sonmiani – astronautix.com
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Svobodniy – astronautix.com
- ↑ Dombarovsky – astronautix.com
- ↑
- ↑ TASS - First rocket launch from Vostochny
- ↑ ISRO plan more launches, Rediff, January 05, 2014
- ↑ Andoya – astronautix.com
- ↑ Kapustin Yar – astronautix.com
- ↑ sv:Nausta
- 1 2 Kiruna – astronautix.com
- ↑ Spaceport Sweden
- ↑ Fort Churchill – astronautix.com
- ↑ Resolute Bay – astronautix.com
- ↑ Thule AFB – astronautix.com
- ↑ Wallops Flight Facility (NASA)
- ↑ White Sands, Astronautix
- ↑ Nevada Test Site – astronautix.com
- ↑ Vandenberg – astronautix.com
- ↑ Kodiak Launch Complex, AADC
- ↑ spaceportamerica.com
- ↑ Spaceport America – astronautix.com
- ↑ Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport website
- ↑ PlanetSpace still plans to blast-off from Cape Breton, chairman says, CBC News, February 21, 2008
- ↑ Rocketeers pick Canadian launch site, MSNBC, June 2, 2005
- ↑ Oklahoma Spaceport website
- ↑ Spaceport Oklahoma Licensed by FAA, SpecRef.com, October 15, 2001
- ↑ Spaceports Around the World: Australia's Woomera and Weipa Spaceports, spacetoday.org
- ↑ Cape York – astronautix.com
- ↑ Christmas Island – astronautix.com
- ↑ High Speed Flight Demonstration project (HSFD), JAXA
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