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Launch sites

Every launch site referenced by a catalogued object, from Baikonur in 1957 to today's commercial pads. Marker area is proportional to the number of orbital launches attributed to the site.

Marker area ∝ launches. 40 sites plotted; 1 site without coordinates in SATCAT (listed below).

Site	Code	Country	Launches	Last 365 d	Payloads	First launch	Last launch
Plesetsk Cosmodrome	PLMSC	Russia	1,632	10	2,261	17 Mar 1966	24 Aug 2026
Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)	TYMSC	Kazakhstan	1,469	6	2,468	04 Oct 1957	14 Jul 2026
Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	AFETR	United States	1,325	88	11,026	01 Feb 1958	30 Aug 2026
Vandenberg Space Force Base (Western Range), California	AFWTR	United States	853	81	6,933	28 Feb 1959	06 Sept 2026
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou	FRGUI	France	319	8	807	10 Mar 1970	27 Aug 2026
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center	JSC	China	271	34	641	24 Apr 1970	10 Sept 2026
Xichang Satellite Launch Center	XICLF	China	238	10	382	29 Jan 1984	23 Jul 2026
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center	TAISC	China	154	15	565	06 Sept 1988	25 Aug 2026
Tanegashima Space Center	TANSC	Japan	95	3	164	09 Sept 1975	10 Aug 2026
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota	SRILR	India	92	4	553	18 Jul 1980	03 Sept 2026
Kapustin Yar Missile and Space Complex	KYMSC	Russia	84	0	91	16 Mar 1962	19 Jun 2008
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia	RLLB	New Zealand	77	17	255	21 Jan 2018	02 Sept 2026
Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan	WSC	China	69	26	343	25 Jun 2016	16 Aug 2026
Wallops Flight Facility / MARS, Virginia	WLPIS	United States	50	2	163	16 Feb 1961	11 Jun 2026
Sea Launch Odyssey platform (Pacific, equator)	SEAL	—	38	0	68	28 Mar 1999	05 Sept 2023
Uchinoura Space Center	KSCUT	Japan	33	0	53	11 Feb 1970	09 Nov 2021
Western Range Airspace (air launch)	WRAS	United States	21	1	55	03 Apr 1995	03 Jul 2026
Vostochny Cosmodrome	VOSTO	Russia	20	1	489	28 Apr 2016	28 Dec 2025
Yellow Sea Launch Area (sea launch)	YSLA	China	17	7	110	05 Jun 2019	05 Aug 2026
Palmachim Airbase, Yavne	YAVNE	Israel	11	0	11	19 Sept 1988	02 Sept 2025
Eastern Range Airspace (air launch)	ERAS	United States	10	0	44	22 Oct 1997	11 Oct 2019
Dombarovskiy (Yasny) Launch Site	DLS	Russia	10	0	91	12 Jul 2006	25 Mar 2015
San Marco platform, Formosa Bay	SNMLP	Kenya	9	0	9	26 Apr 1967	25 Mar 1988
Semnan (Imam Khomeini) Spaceport	SEMLS	Iran	6	0	9	02 Feb 2009	06 Dec 2024
South China Sea Launch Area (sea launch)	SCSLA	China	5	2	21	05 Dec 2023	11 Apr 2026
Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak, Alaska	KODAK	United States	5	0	38	30 Sept 2001	15 Mar 2022
Shahrud Missile Test Site	SMTS	Iran	5	0	5	22 Apr 2020	14 Sept 2024
Svobodny Cosmodrome	SVOBO	Russia	5	0	5	04 Mar 1997	25 Apr 2006
Hammaguir Space Track Range	HGSTR	Algeria	4	0	4	26 Nov 1965	15 Feb 1967
Naro Space Center	NSC	South Korea	4	1	28	30 Jan 2013	26 Nov 2025
Sohae Satellite Launching Station	YUN	North Korea	3	0	3	12 Dec 2012	21 Nov 2023
Kwajalein Atoll (Reagan Test Site)	KWAJ	United States	2	0	2	16 Apr 2008	19 Oct 2008
Woomera Range Complex	WOMRA	Australia	2	0	2	29 Nov 1967	28 Oct 1971
Submarine launch platform (Barents Sea)	SUBL	Russia	2	0	3	07 Jul 1998	26 May 2006
Canaries Airspace (air launch)	CAS	Spain	1	0	2	21 Apr 1997	21 Apr 1997
Jeju Island Sea Launch Area	JJSLA	South Korea	1	0	1	04 Dec 2023	04 Dec 2023
Andøya Spaceport, Nordland	ANDSP	Norway	1	1	6	05 Sept 2026	05 Sept 2026
Unknownno coordinates	UNK	—	0	0	—	—	—
Alcântara Launch Center, Maranhão	ALCLC	Brazil	0	0	—	—	—
Bowen Orbital Spaceport, Queensland	BOS	Australia	0	0	—	—	—
Space Port Kii, Wakayama	SPKII	Japan	0	0	—	—	—

Sites and coordinates come from the SATCAT launch-site code table; launches are derived from international designators (see methodology). Sea launches and air launches are attributed to their reference site.