Launch Sites
The spaceports of the world.
15 entries.
Kennedy Space Center
Merritt Island, Florida · United States
NASA's primary launch centre, home of Launch Complex 39 from which the Apollo Saturn V and the Space Shuttle flew, and now Artemis and commercial crew missions.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Cape Canaveral, Florida · United States
The United States' historic eastern launch range adjacent to Kennedy Space Center, used since 1950 for crewed and robotic missions.
Vandenberg Space Force Base
California · United States
A United States launch site on the Pacific coast used primarily for polar and Sun-synchronous orbits.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan · Kazakhstan (leased by Russia)
The world's first and largest spaceport, from which Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin were launched and Soyuz crews still depart for the ISS.
Guiana Space Centre
Kourou, French Guiana · France (French Guiana)
Europe's spaceport near the equator, operated by CNES, ESA, and Arianespace, from which Ariane rockets and the James Webb Space Telescope launched.
Tanegashima Space Center
Tanegashima, Japan · Japan
JAXA's largest launch complex, used for the H-IIA, H-IIB, and H3 rockets.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Sriharikota, India · India
ISRO's primary orbital launch site, from which the PSLV and GSLV rockets, Chandrayaan, and Mangalyaan have flown.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Gobi Desert, China · China
China's oldest launch site and the home of its crewed Shenzhou spaceflights.
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Shanxi, China · China
A Chinese launch site used mainly for polar and Sun-synchronous orbit missions.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Sichuan, China · China
A Chinese launch site used for geostationary satellites and several Chang'e lunar missions.
Wenchang Space Launch Site
Hainan, China · China
China's coastal, low-latitude launch site for the heavy-lift Long March 5 and crewed and lunar missions.
Starbase
Boca Chica, Texas · United States
SpaceX's development and launch site in South Texas for the Starship super heavy-lift system.
Wallops Flight Facility
Virginia · United States
A NASA range on the Virginia coast used for suborbital research and small orbital launches.
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia · Russia
A northern Russian launch site used heavily for polar-orbit and military launches.
Alcântara Launch Center
Maranhão, Brazil · Brazil
Brazil's equatorial launch site, operated by the Brazilian Space Agency and Air Force.