Launch Site Operators

Organisations which operate launch sites and well as the launch sites themselves.

Alaska Aerospace Corporation
operator of the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska

Aurora Launch Services
provider of launch services primarily at the Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska

China National Space Administration (CNSA)
owns four launch sites across China

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC)
launch site in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, China

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC)
launch site in Xinzhou, Shanxi Province, China

Wenchang Space Launch Site
launch site in Wenchang, Hainan, China

Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC)
launch site in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China

Discover Space UK Space Port
developing a spaceport in Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA)
operator of the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) in the Northern Territory, Australia

Glasgow Prestwick Spaceport
developing a spaceport at Prestwick Airport, Scotland

Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
owner of the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana

Guiana Space Centre (Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG)
launch site in Kourou, French Guiana for Ariane and Vega launch vehicles

Hebrides Spaceport
developing a spaceport in the Hebrides, Scotland

Houston Spaceport
spaceport at Ellington Airport, Huston, USA

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
owner of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta, India

Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR
operator of the Sriharikota launch site in Andhra Pradesh, India for ISRO’s PSLV and GSLV launch vehicles as well as sounding rocket; launch and range operations

Iranian Space Agency (ISA)
operates a launch sites at Semnan and Shahroud in Iran

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
owner of launch sites at the Tanegashima Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan and the Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC)
operator of the Yoshibobu Launch Complex

Uchinoura Space Center (USC)
launch of scientific satellites on the Epsilon launch vehicle

Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea
operator of the Naro Space Center launch facility

Maritime Launch Services
developing Spaceport Novia Scotia in Novia Scotia, Canada

Midland International Air and Space Port
space port at Midland, Texas, USA

Mojave Air and Space Port
space port at Mojave, California, USA

Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
spaceport for manned missions, government and commercial launches

Wallops Flight Facility (WFF)
launch site for high altitude balloons, sounding rockets and launch vehicles

National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA)
owner and operator of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Korea for the Unha-4 and Chollima-1 launch vehicles

Manuel Belgrano Space Centre (Centro Espacial Manuel Belgrano)
future launch site for the Tronador II and III launch vehicles

Punta Indio Space Centre (Centro Espacial Punta Indio)
launch site for experimental launch vehicles

Oklahoma Air and Space Port
space port in Oklahoma, USA

Range Generation Next (RGNext)
provides operational services to launch site and range operators

Rocket Lab
operator of the Mahai launch site in New Zealand

Southern Launch
operator of the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex and the Koonibba Test Range in Australis

Space Florida
operator of Cecil Spaceport, Florida, USA and Shiloh Commercial Spaceport, Florida, USA; manages the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Spaceport America
spaceport at Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

Spaceport Camden
developing a spaceport in Camden County, Georgia, USA

Spaceport Cornwall
horizontal launch spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay, Cornwall, UK

State Space Corporation of the Russian Federation (Roscosmos), Russia
joint operator of Baikonur Cosmodrome along with the Russian Space Forces

Sutherland Spaceport
developing a spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)
operator of Spaceport Esrange in Sweden

US Space Force (USSF)
operation of launch sites at Canaveral Space Force Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base along with associated facilities and range safety control for DoD, NASA and commercial launches

Virginia Space (Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority)
operator of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS)



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