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The Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) is a satellite launching base in the city of Alcântara, located on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão. Expand (78kb, 800 x 562) Latitude: -2.3...

According to the French Space Agency (CNES), the construction work on the infrastructure to allow launches of Soyuz spacecraft from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana will start in December, and are expected to be completed in July 2008. The 135-million euros contract was signed by CNES...

The Uchinoura Space Centre (USC) launches sounding rockets and scientific satellites and manages tracking and data. An observation deck for launch experiments is open to the public. The area of USC, 71 ha in total, are mostly hilly. Facilities for launching rockets, telemetry, tracking and...

Cape Canaveral is roughly in the middle of Florida's eastern coastline, just over 75 kilometres east of Orlando. The first rocket launch from the Cape was Bumper 8 from Launch Pad 3 on 24 July 1950. On February 6, 1959 the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile w...

An advisory panel, organized under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has recommended that Japan build a new launch pad for its space program overseas because its current one is restricted by local fishing concerns. The committee urged the government to consider sites such as...

Expand (66kb, 802 x 563) Latitude: 13.78288, Longitude: 80.25191 * Main launch centre of ISRO, 100 km north of Chennai. * Processes solid propellant motors and conducts ground tests * La...

China is likely to build its fourth satellite launch centre in the southern island province of Hainan. The provincial government is working to persuade the central government to approve the massive project, which is expected to be located in Wenchang, in the northeast of the island. ...

A=Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre B=Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre C=Xichang Satellite Launch Centre D=Hainan Satellite Launch Centre There are three major space launch bases in China: Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Xic...

Building of launching site for a new manned spacecraft is planned for no earlier than 2020 in the Far East. "I'm absolutely sure that a new civil space port for launchings a new manned spacecraft should be built in the Far East no earlier than 2020" - Anatoliy Perminov, Head of Roscosmos. [...

Ground has been broken on the construction site of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Those behind the project say that it will help provide a new chapter in space exploration. When finished in 18 months' time, the facility will house Virgin Galactic's spac...

Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States military installation with a spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is home to the 30th Space Wing and the Western Launch and Test Range (WLTR), and is responsible for satellite launches for military and commercial organiz...

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is located about 800 km north of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk At the beginning of the 1960, US intelligence has already placed Plesetsk high up in the list of suspected ICBM sites. Francis Gary Powers' reconnaissance flight on May 1, 1960, which resulted in famous U-2 inc...

The Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) is a launch facility and rocket range for sounding rockets in the U.S. state of Alaska, owned and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute since 1968. The world's largest land-based rocket range, it is situated on a 20.7 km...

The SNP wants Scotland to be home to the UK's first commercial spaceport. Virgin Galactic has already identified RAF Lossiemouth in Moray as a potential launch site, and Angus Robertson, the local MP and the SNP's Westminster leader, is backing the idea. [url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotlan...

At Esrange, the Aerospace Operation Facility of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), preparations are carried out for a Texus sounding rocket launch planned for 30 November. This will be the first launch from Esrange using the new Brazilian sounding rocket VSB-30, replacing the [url=ht...

Located in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is designed mainly to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary satellites. Known for its agreeable weather and picturesque scenes, most pictures shown on Chi...

Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified Wednesday an agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on further cooperation in effective use of the Baikonur launching site ,Kazakhstan, till 2050. The agreement was backed by all the 403 parliamentarians present, with 22...

Van Horn spaceport gets NASA backing Drive 25 miles north of here along Texas Highway 54. In an hour, seven vehicles cover the route; in a day, 180. The road, a quiet and isolated corridor along the Chihuahuan Desert, divides the Sierra Diablo and Delaware mountain ranges. On this remote site lies a bi...

Israel upgrades missile range as space centre The Israeli air force is upgrading its missile test range to turn it into the country's primary space centre, with launch facilities for different types of missiles and rockets. The missile test range is part of the service's Palmachim base in central I...

Spaceport America Installs Lunar Lander Launch Pads Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, has installed three launch pads for NASA's 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lande Centennial Challenge, which is administered by the X PRIZE Foundation to spur innovatio...

North Korea completes new missile base launch tower Recent satellite images show that North Korea has completed a launch tower at its new missile base, a key step in efforts to test a missile which could eventually reach the United States, experts say. An image taken on January 10 of the Tongchang-ri...

The Hawaii Senate is considering a bill that would authorize the state to pursue a Federal Aviation Administration spaceport license that could launch the state into the multibillion-dollar space exploration and tourism business. [url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/print-edition...

India to Have One More Satellite Launch Site Amid requests from various countries for launch of their satellites, India has decided to set up one more launch site to expand its capacity in this aspect. At a meeting held by the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary T K A Nair here to review performance o...

Soyuz launches sharp-eyed Pleiades satellite A Russian Soyuz rocket has launched from French Guiana - only the second such vehicle to fly out of the territory's new Sinnamary spaceport. The Soyuz put six satellites in orbit, including France's new Pleiades-1 high-resolution imaging spacecraf...

Iran plans to build second spaceport Iran plans to construct its second spaceport, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour said on Sunday. The current launch site is located in Semnan Province, and in recent years, two spacecraft have been launched from the center. [ur...

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Spaceport Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (Preview)	General news	3	2434	Jul 20 12:00 2007 by Blobrana
The Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) is a satellite launching base in the city of Alcântara, located on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão. Expand (78kb, 800 x 562) Latitude: -2.3...
Spaceport Kourou space centre ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Astronomy News	21	8907	Oct 18 00:48 2011 by Blobrana
According to the French Space Agency (CNES), the construction work on the infrastructure to allow launches of Soyuz spacecraft from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana will start in December, and are expected to be completed in July 2008. The 135-million euros contract was signed by CNES...
Spaceport Uchinoura Space Centre (Preview)	General news	3	1852	Sep 10 03:21 2006 by Blobrana
The Uchinoura Space Centre (USC) launches sounding rockets and scientific satellites and manages tracking and data. An observation deck for launch experiments is open to the public. The area of USC, 71 ha in total, are mostly hilly. Facilities for launching rockets, telemetry, tracking and...
Spaceport Cape Canaveral Space Centre ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Astronomy News	17	5980	Jun 30 23:05 2012 by Blobrana
Cape Canaveral is roughly in the middle of Florida's eastern coastline, just over 75 kilometres east of Orlando. The first rocket launch from the Cape was Bumper 8 from Launch Pad 3 on 24 July 1950. On February 6, 1959 the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile w...
Spaceport Tanegashima (Preview)	General news	8	3108	Aug 2 06:52 2013 by Blobrana
An advisory panel, organized under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has recommended that Japan build a new launch pad for its space program overseas because its current one is restricted by local fishing concerns. The committee urged the government to consider sites such as...
Spaceport ISRO Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Preview)	General news	8	3813	Sep 10 10:20 2012 by Blobrana
Expand (66kb, 802 x 563) Latitude: 13.78288, Longitude: 80.25191 * Main launch centre of ISRO, 100 km north of Chennai. * Processes solid propellant motors and conducts ground tests * La...
Spaceport Hainan launch centre ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	10	5614	May 8 03:42 2014 by Blobrana
China is likely to build its fourth satellite launch centre in the southern island province of Hainan. The provincial government is working to persuade the central government to approve the massive project, which is expected to be located in Wenchang, in the northeast of the island. ...
Spaceport China Launch Sites (Preview)	Mission News	5	9581	Sep 14 13:00 2009 by Blobrana
A=Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre B=Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre C=Xichang Satellite Launch Centre D=Hainan Satellite Launch Centre There are three major space launch bases in China: Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Xic...
Spaceport Far East Spaceport ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mission News	11	5787	Apr 6 16:15 2015 by Blobrana
Building of launching site for a new manned spacecraft is planned for no earlier than 2020 in the Far East. "I'm absolutely sure that a new civil space port for launchings a new manned spacecraft should be built in the Far East no earlier than 2020" - Anatoliy Perminov, Head of Roscosmos. [...
Spaceport New Mexico spaceport (Preview)	General news	9	3186	Nov 22 11:52 2012 by Blobrana
Ground has been broken on the construction site of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. Those behind the project say that it will help provide a new chapter in space exploration. When finished in 18 months' time, the facility will house Virgin Galactic's spac...
Spaceport Vandenberg Air Force Base (Preview)	General news	9	2193	Aug 6 13:05 2011 by Blobrana
Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States military installation with a spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is home to the 30th Space Wing and the Western Launch and Test Range (WLTR), and is responsible for satellite launches for military and commercial organiz...
Spaceport Plesetsk Cosmodrome (Preview)	General news	2	2184	Jun 25 23:32 2011 by Blobrana
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is located about 800 km north of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk At the beginning of the 1960, US intelligence has already placed Plesetsk high up in the list of suspected ICBM sites. Francis Gary Powers' reconnaissance flight on May 1, 1960, which resulted in famous U-2 inc...
Spaceport Poker Flat Research Range (Preview)	Mission News	2	1525	Jan 26 22:25 2011 by Blobrana
The Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) is a launch facility and rocket range for sounding rockets in the U.S. state of Alaska, owned and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute since 1968. The world's largest land-based rocket range, it is situated on a 20.7 km...
Spaceport Lossiemouth spaceport ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Astronomy News	12	5280	May 18 09:27 2012 by Blobrana
The SNP wants Scotland to be home to the UK's first commercial spaceport. Virgin Galactic has already identified RAF Lossiemouth in Moray as a potential launch site, and Angus Robertson, the local MP and the SNP's Westminster leader, is backing the idea. [url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotlan...
Spaceport Esrange Range ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	Mission News	12	6595	Jan 10 16:41 2017 by Blobrana
At Esrange, the Aerospace Operation Facility of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), preparations are carried out for a Texus sounding rocket launch planned for 30 November. This will be the first launch from Esrange using the new Brazilian sounding rocket VSB-30, replacing the [url=ht...
Spaceport Xichang Satellite Launch Center (Preview)	General news	0	1323	Dec 16 13:34 2008 by Blobrana
Located in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is designed mainly to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary satellites. Known for its agreeable weather and picturesque scenes, most pictures shown on Chi...
Sputnik Spaceport Baikonur lease ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Astronomy News	24	10038	Apr 8 16:19 2013 by Blobrana
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified Wednesday an agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on further cooperation in effective use of the Baikonur launching site ,Kazakhstan, till 2050. The agreement was backed by all the 403 parliamentarians present, with 22...
Spaceport Van Horn spaceport (Preview)	General news	0	1174	Mar 15 08:21 2010 by Blobrana
Van Horn spaceport gets NASA backing Drive 25 miles north of here along Texas Highway 54. In an hour, seven vehicles cover the route; in a day, 180. The road, a quiet and isolated corridor along the Chihuahuan Desert, divides the Sierra Diablo and Delaware mountain ranges. On this remote site lies a bi...
Spaceport Palmachim space centre (Preview)	Mission News	0	1505	Jul 5 21:49 2010 by Blobrana
Israel upgrades missile range as space centre The Israeli air force is upgrading its missile test range to turn it into the country's primary space centre, with launch facilities for different types of missiles and rockets. The missile test range is part of the service's Palmachim base in central I...
Spaceport Spaceport America (Preview)	General news	7	1813	Jul 9 19:59 2012 by Blobrana
Spaceport America Installs Lunar Lander Launch Pads Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, has installed three launch pads for NASA's 2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lande Centennial Challenge, which is administered by the X PRIZE Foundation to spur innovatio...
Spaceport Tongchang-ri Launch Site (Preview)	General news	0	1423	Feb 17 21:58 2011 by Blobrana
North Korea completes new missile base launch tower Recent satellite images show that North Korea has completed a launch tower at its new missile base, a key step in efforts to test a missile which could eventually reach the United States, experts say. An image taken on January 10 of the Tongchang-ri...
Spaceport Hawaiian spaceport (Preview)	General news	0	1032	Feb 26 15:24 2011 by Blobrana
The Hawaii Senate is considering a bill that would authorize the state to pursue a Federal Aviation Administration spaceport license that could launch the state into the multibillion-dollar space exploration and tourism business. [url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/print-edition...
Spaceport New Indian Launch Site (Preview)	General news	4	2174	May 14 08:02 2012 by Blobrana
India to Have One More Satellite Launch Site Amid requests from various countries for launch of their satellites, India has decided to set up one more launch site to expand its capacity in this aspect. At a meeting held by the Prime Minister's Principal Secretary T K A Nair here to review performance o...
Spaceport Sinnamary spaceport (Preview)	Mission News	0	980	Dec 20 15:05 2011 by Blobrana
Soyuz launches sharp-eyed Pleiades satellite A Russian Soyuz rocket has launched from French Guiana - only the second such vehicle to fly out of the territory's new Sinnamary spaceport. The Soyuz put six satellites in orbit, including France's new Pleiades-1 high-resolution imaging spacecraf...
Spaceport Iranian second spaceport (Preview)	General news	1	1364	Aug 25 15:18 2012 by Blobrana
Iran plans to build second spaceport Iran plans to construct its second spaceport, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour said on Sunday. The current launch site is located in Semnan Province, and in recent years, two spacecraft have been launched from the center. [ur...