Launch Pads
The pads and complexes where rockets lift off, grouped under their launch sites.
- Baikonur Site 45Launch pad
The Baikonur complex built for the Zenit launch vehicle.
LocationBaikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan - Baikonur Site 81Launch pad
A Baikonur complex used for Proton heavy-lift launches.
LocationBaikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan - Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 1Launch pad
The first Ariane launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre, used by the early Ariane 1–3 vehicles.
LocationKourou, French Guiana - Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3Launch pad
The Guiana Space Centre complex that launched every Ariane 5 mission.
LocationKourou, French Guiana - Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 4Launch pad
The Guiana Space Centre complex built as the new launch pad for Ariane 6.
LocationKourou, French Guiana - First Launch Pad (FLP)Launch pad
The first ISRO pad at Sriharikota, used for the PSLV and SSLV.
LocationSatish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India - Gagarin's Start (Site 1)Launch pad
The historic Baikonur pad that launched Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin, and for decades the departure point for Soyuz crews to orbit.
LocationBaikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan - Jiuquan Area 4 (SLS-1)Launch pad
The Jiuquan complex for China's human-rated Long March 2F, launching Shenzhou crews to the Tiangong station.
LocationJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China - Launch Complex 39ALaunch pad
The historic Kennedy Space Center pad that launched the Apollo 11 Saturn V and many Space Shuttle flights, now leased to SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship operations.
LocationMerritt Island, Florida, USA - Launch Complex 39BLaunch pad
A Kennedy Space Center pad used for Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle launches and rebuilt as a clean-pad for NASA's Space Launch System.
LocationMerritt Island, Florida, USA - MARS Pad 0ALaunch pad
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport pad at Wallops used by Northrop Grumman's Antares to launch Cygnus cargo missions.
LocationWallops Island, Virginia, USA - Orbital Launch Pad (Starbase)Launch pad
SpaceX's orbital launch and catch complex at Starbase for the fully reusable Starship and Super Heavy.
LocationBoca Chica, Texas, USA - Plesetsk Site 35Launch pad
The Plesetsk complex used for Angara launches in northern Russia.
LocationPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia - Second Launch Pad (SLP)Launch pad
The second ISRO pad at Sriharikota, used for the GSLV and LVM3, including the Chandrayaan and Gaganyaan missions.
LocationSatish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India - Space Launch Complex 17Launch pad
A Cape Canaveral complex long used by the Delta family, including the Delta II that launched NASA's Mars rovers.
LocationCape Canaveral, Florida, USA - Space Launch Complex 37BLaunch pad
A Cape Canaveral complex that launched Saturn IB flights and later served the Delta IV and Delta IV Heavy.
LocationCape Canaveral, Florida, USA - Space Launch Complex 40Launch pad
SpaceX's primary Falcon 9 pad at Cape Canaveral — the workhorse complex for most Falcon 9 launches.
LocationCape Canaveral, Florida, USA - Space Launch Complex 41Launch pad
A Cape Canaveral complex used for Titan launches and now the home pad of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur.
LocationCape Canaveral, Florida, USA - Space Launch Complex 4ELaunch pad
The SpaceX Falcon 9 pad at Vandenberg for polar and Sun-synchronous launches on the U.S. West Coast.
LocationVandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA - Vega Launch Complex (SLV)Launch pad
The Guiana Space Centre complex for the Vega and Vega-C small launchers, on the site of the former Ariane 1 pad.
LocationKourou, French Guiana - Wenchang LC-101Launch pad
The coastal Wenchang complex for the heavy-lift Long March 5.
LocationWenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan, China - Wenchang LC-201Launch pad
The Wenchang complex for the Long March 7, which launches Tianzhou cargo missions.
LocationWenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan, China - Xichang LC-2Launch pad
A Xichang complex widely used for Long March 3B launches to geostationary transfer orbit.
LocationXichang Satellite Launch Center, China - Yoshinobu Launch ComplexLaunch pad
The Tanegashima complex for Japan's large liquid launch vehicles — the H-II, H-IIA/H-IIB, and H3.
LocationTanegashima Space Center, Japan