List of rocket launch sites

A rocket launch site is a facility to launch rockets and provides one or more launch pads and Startleitstände to control the start-up procedure available. For liquid rocket also facilities for the storage and, where applicable, the production of liquid fuel are required.

  • 4.1 Asia
  • 4.2 Africa
  • 4.3 Australia and Oceania
  • 4.4 North America
  • 4.5 South America
  • 4.6 Other

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A rocket launch site is built as far away from human settlements, in order to minimize risk to the population as low as possible in an explosion. Usually a site is chosen by the sea, because the sea is an easy to looking security area for the safe demise of rocket parts.

Missile launch sites, one of which also satellites and interplanetary spacecraft to be launched, also referred to as spaceport. The famous rocket launch sites are Cape Canaveral in the U.S., Baikonur in Kazakhstan and Kourou in French Guyana. There are also many lesser known missile launch sites.

In Europe, Esrange in Kiruna, Sweden and Salto di Quirra are the most important rocket launch sites in Sardinia.

Germany had in earlier decades, three missile launch sites:

  • 1936-1945 in Peenemunde, mainly for testing (not for military use ) was used to A4/V2;
  • 1957 to 1964 in the Wadden area of Cuxhaven, from the Ernst Mohr, the Hermann- Oberth -Gesellschaft and the Berthold Seliger Research and Development Company launched several rockets, such as cumulus and cirrus, and
  • 1988-1992 on the peninsula Zingst on the Baltic coast, where there was a starting place for Russian MMR06 -M missiles.

Poland started in the 70's sounding rockets of the type of meteor military training areas in the vicinity of Leba and Ustka.

Starting places for satellite missile

  • Alcântara (Brazil, so far no successful start)
  • Baikonur (Kazakhstan )
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (USA)
  • Gran Canaria (Spain )
  • Hammaguir (Algeria, decommissioned)
  • Jasny Cosmodrome (Russia)
  • Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (China)
  • Kapustin Yar (Russia)
  • Kennedy Space Center (United States )
  • Kodiak Launch Complex ( USA, Alaska)
  • Kourou (French Guiana)
  • Naro Space Center (South Korea)
  • Omelek, ( Kwajalein ) (Marshall Islands in the Pacific)
  • Palm Achim (Israel )
  • Plesetsk (Russia)
  • Point Arguello (USA)
  • San Marco platform (Italy, in the Indian Ocean)
  • Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota (India)
  • Sea Launch platform ( USA, in the Pacific Ocean)
  • Sohae (North Korea)
  • Svobodny (Russia)
  • Taiyuan ( China)
  • Tanegashima (Japan)
  • Uchinoura Space Center (Japan)
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base ( USA)
  • Wallops Flight Facility ( USA)
  • Woomera Prohibited Area (Australia)
  • Xichang (China)

See also: spaceport

Starting places for suborbital rockets

Currently Active launch sites in Europe ( only suborbital )

  • Aberporth ( United Kingdom )
  • Andøya (Norway )
  • Biscarrosse (France)
  • Cheis Island ( Russia)
  • El Arenosillo (Spain )
  • Esrange (Sweden)
  • Ile de Levant (France)
  • Njonoksa (Russia)
  • Salto di Quirra (Italy )
  • South Uist ( UK )
  • SvalRak ( Spitsbergen )

Former starting places in Europe ( only suborbital )

  • Blizna (Poland )
  • Camp de Suippes (France)
  • Cuxhaven ( Germany )
  • Carystus (Greece )
  • Koroni (Greece )
  • Kronogård (Sweden)
  • Le Cardonnet (France)
  • Leba (Poland )
  • Marka ( Norway)
  • Peenemünde / Greifswald Oie ( Germany )
  • Tuchel Heath (Poland )
  • Ustka (Poland )
  • Vernon (France)
  • Vik í Mýrdal ( Iceland )
  • Zingst ( Germany )

More suborbital rocket launch sites

Asia

  • Al- Anbar (Iraq)
  • Akita ( Japan)
  • Anhueng (South Korea)
  • Baleswar (India)
  • Emamshahr (Iran)
  • Iceland Gan (Maldives )
  • Haikou ( China)
  • Harbin (China)
  • Jingyu (China)
  • Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (China)
  • Lapan Space Center, Pameungpeuk (Indonesia)
  • Musudan -ri (North Korea)
  • Negev (Israel )
  • Niijima (Japan)
  • Obachi (Japan)
  • Qom (Iran)
  • Ryori (Japan)
  • Saryschagan (Kazakhstan )
  • Shijiedu (China)
  • Sonmiani (Pakistan )
  • Thumba (India)
  • Tilla (Pakistan )
  • Wheeler Iceland (India)

Africa

  • Overberg (South Africa)
  • Reggane (Algeria)
  • Seba Oasis (Libya)
  • North Shaba (Zaire)

Australasia

  • Bird Ling 's Flat ( New Zealand)
  • Great Mercury Iceland (New Zealand)

North America

  • Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
  • Black Mesa (USA)
  • Charlestown ( United States )
  • Com Range ( USA)
  • Datil (USA)
  • Eareckson Air Station (USA, Aleutian Islands )
  • Eglin Air Force Base ( USA)
  • Fort Bliss (USA)
  • Fort Churchill (Canada)
  • Fort Greely ( USA, Alaska)
  • Fort Wingate (USA)
  • Gilson Butte (United States )
  • Green River Test Site ( USA, Utah)
  • Holloman Air Force Base ( USA)
  • Keweenaw (USA)
  • Kindley Air Force Base ( Bermuda )
  • Mercury (USA )
  • Mojave Air & Space Port (USA)
  • NAOTS (USA)
  • Naval Air Station Point Mugu (USA)
  • Nevada Test Site (USA)
  • New Mexico Spaceport (USA)
  • North Truro (USA)
  • Point Barrow ( USA, Alaska)
  • Poker Flat Research Range ( USA, Alaska)
  • Primrose Lake ( Canada )
  • Ramey Air Force Base ( Puerto Rico)
  • Red Lake (Canada)
  • Resolute Bay ( Canada )
  • San Clemente ( USA, California )
  • San Nicolas ( USA, California )
  • Sheboygan (United States, Wisconsin)
  • Sierra de Juarez (Mexico)
  • Tonopah Test Range (USA)
  • Upham (USA)
  • White Sands Missile Range (USA)

South America

Other

  • Ascension ( island in the Atlantic Ocean )
  • Bikini Atoll ( Atoll in the Pacific, rocket launches in the wake of nuclear tests )
  • Dumont - d'Urville station ( Antarctica )
  • Eniwetok ( Atoll in the Pacific, rocket launches in the wake of nuclear tests )
  • Johnston Atoll ( island in the Pacific)
  • Kauai Test Facility ( Barking Sands ) ( island in the Pacific)
  • Kerguelen ( island in the Indian Ocean)
  • Marambio Station ( Antarctica )
  • Molodjoschnaja ( Antarctica )
  • Sondre Strømfjord (Greenland)
  • Syowa Base ( Antarctica )
  • Wake Iceland ( island in the Pacific)

Regular launch sites for missiles with lower peak height ( <10 km)

  • Missiles airport Berlin, Berlin- Tegel, Germany (1930-1934)
  • Kummersdorf, Germany (1933 )
  • Hespenbusch, Großenkneten, Germany (1952-1957)
  • Kaltbrunn SG, Switzerland ( flight days of ARGOS )
  • Sauwald, Germany ( former launch site for rockets for Lightning Research north of Füssen)
Guiana Space Centre V-2 rocket Kumulus Cirrus (rocket) Gran Canaria Airport Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Omelek Island Kwajalein Atoll Palmachim Broglio Space Centre Svobodny Cosmodrome Woomera Test Range Heiss Island Svalbard Rocket Range Karystos Marka (launch site) Greifswalder Oie List of rocket experiments on Zingst Shahrud, Iran Gan (Addu Atoll) Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground Sary Shagan Base 603 Sonmiani (space facility) Tilla Jogian Wheeler Island Arecibo, Puerto Rico Charlestown (Rhode Island) Blue Origin Fort Churchill (rocket launch site) Fort Greely, Alaska Keweenaw Rocket Range Mercury (Nevada) Naval Base Ventura County North Truro, Massachusetts San Clemente, California San Nicolas Island Sheboygan, Wisconsin Sierra de Juárez Las Palmas, Argentina Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Ascension Island Enewetak Atoll Johnston-Atoll Marambio Base Berlin rocket launching site Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven
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