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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

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 (unless orbital)
Notes – comments

Major/active spaceports are shown in bold.

Africa

Asia

Note that some Russian cosmodromes appear in this section, some in the Europe section.

Proposed or planned spaceports and rocket launch sites in Asia

Biak Spaceport, Indonesia
SSLV Launch Complex, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Iran, Chabahar Space Center
, Taiki, Hokkaido, Japan (expansion of the Taiki Multi-Purpose Aerospace Park, used by Interstellar Technologies and )

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
Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK
Sutherland spaceport, Scotland, UK Was formally approved by the Scotland Highland Council in August 2020
Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal
Andøya Spaceport, Norway
El Hierro Launch Centre, Canary Islands, Spain
Taranto-Grottaglie Airport, Italy

North America

Additional rocket launch sites in North America

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Barbados,
Barter Island (United States, )
Black Mesa (United States, )
Cecil Airport, (United States, )
Charlestown, Rhode Island (United States, )
Cape Parry (Canada, )
Cold Lake (Canada, )
Datil (United States, )
Eareckson (Aleut islands, United States, )
Edwards Air Force Base (United States, )
Eglin Air Force Base (United States, )
Fort Bliss (United States, )
Fort Greely (United States, )
Fort Sherman (United States, )
Fort Wingate (United States, )
Fort Yukon (United States, )
Gillam (Canada, )
Gilson Butte (United States, )
Grand Turk Island )
Green River Launch Complex
Holloman (United States, )
Mercury (United States, )
NAOTS (United States, )
North Truro Air Force Station (United States, )
Point Arguello (United States, )
Point Barrow(United States, )
Point Mugu (United States, )
Primrose Lake (Canada, )
Ramey (Puerto Rico, United States, )
Red Lake (Canada, )
San Clemente (California, United States, )
San Nicolas Island (California, United States, )
Sheboygan (Wisconsin, United States, |)
Sierra de Juarez (Mexico, )
Sondre Stromfjord (Greenland, )
Tonopah Test Range (United States, )
Yuma (United States, )

Proposed or planned spaceports in North America

Atlantic Spaceport Complex, Newfoundland. Under construction by NordSpace
Cape Breton Spaceport (aka Cape Breton Space Centre), Nova Scotia
Cape Rich, LFCATC Meaford, Ontario
Oklahoma Spaceport, Burns Flat,
Silver Space Ports, Arizona
Spaceport Washington, Moses Lake, Washington This project was proposed in 2005 by a small real estate brokerage firm operating from an office in Renton, Washington, and has since proven to have been a scam. The principal party - Mr. Andy Shin Fong Chen, CEO of ASPI Group, LLC - was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 15 March 2017. No licensing was ever issued by any local, state or Federal government agency, nor was any construction ever initiated.
Starbase Louisiana, Pecan Island, Louisiana – planned SpaceX spaceport for Starship launches, with construction expected to begin in 2027.
Roosevelt Roads Naval Station - at a former Naval station in Puerto Rico, the local redevelopment authority, in December 2024, issued a request for proposal for a vertical space launch site on 66.17 acres, at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station site.

South America

Oceania

Past and/or planned only

Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

Space Centre Australia secured land for main site facilities for space launch, located 43km east of Weipa, close to RAAF Scherger in 2023. Final approvals may come under Mokwiri Aboriginal Corporation. Previously a Cape York Space Agency was established by the government to develop a facility for Ukrainian Zenit launches at Weipa. However, traditional owners from Cape York Land Council blocked the proposal.
Space Centre Australia, secondary site, at Utingu, known as Punsand Bay in Bamaga, which comes under the council of the Torres Strait Island Region, and is said to be one of the closest facilities to equatorial launch access in the Asia Pacific region.

Christmas Island, Australian external territory.

Site planned 1997 by the Asia Pacific Space Centre, but did not go ahead due to insufficient backing.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted Phase I of a High Speed Flight Demonstration (HSFD) at Aeon Field on Christmas Island in 2002.

Launches at sea

Additional rocket launch sites in the oceans and Antarctica