MAJOR SPACEPORTS AROUND THE GLOBE


COUNTRY LOCATION COORDINATES OPERATIONAL DATES NUMBER OF ROCKET LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET LAUNCHED HIGHEST ACHIEVED ALTITUDE NOTES
Algeria Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux (CIEES), Hammaguir 31.09951°N 2.83581°W 1947–1967 230 18000 kg Orbital Operated by France
Kenya Broglio Space Centre (San Marco), Malindi 2.94080°S 40.21340°E 1964–1988 27 20000 kg Orbital Scout rockets, operated by ASI and Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Algeria Reggane 26.71895°N 0.27691°E 1961–1965 10 - - -

COUNTRY LOCATION COORDINATES OPERATIONAL DATES NUMBER OF ROCKET LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET LAUNCHED HIGHEST ACHIEVED ALTITUDE NOTES
India Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram (thumba), Kerala 8.5314°N 76.8690°E 1962- >2000 - - -
India Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota), Andhra Pradesh 13.73740°N 80.23510°E 1971– - 402000 kg Interplanetary Satellites and lunar probes
India Abdul Kalam Island, Balasore, Odisha 20.75804°N 87.085533°E - - - - -
Kazakhstan Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam 45.95515°N 63.35028°E 1957- >1000 2400000 kg Interplanetary First satellite, first human. Operated by Russia
Kazakhstan Sary Shagan 46.38000°N 72.87000°E 1958- >1000 2400000 kg Interplanetary -
Japan Akita Rocket Range 39.57148°N 140.05785°E 1956–1990 81 - 343 km -
Indonesia Stasiun Peluncuran Roket, Pameungpeuk, Garut 7.646643°S 107.689018°E 1965– 14+ 765 kg 100 km -

COUNTRY LOCATION COORDINATES OPERATIONAL DATES NUMBER OF ROCKET LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET LAUNCHED HIGHEST ACHIEVED ALTITUDE NOTES
Germany Peenemünde/Greifswalder Oie 54.14300°N 13.79400°E 1942–1945 >3000 12 500 kg >100 km V-2 rockets during World War II, first rocket to reach space 20 June 1944
Norway Andøya Space Center 69.29430°N 16.02070°E 1962– >1200 800 kg - Rockets to the upper atmosphere
Indonesia Stasiun Peluncuran Roket, Pameungpeuk, Garut 7.646643°S 107.689018°E 1965– 14+ 765 kg 100 km -

COUNTRY LOCATION COORDINATES OPERATIONAL DATES NUMBER OF ROCKET LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET LAUNCHED HIGHEST ACHIEVED ALTITUDE NOTES
Canada Churchill Rocket Research Range, Manitoba 58.73430°N 93.82030°W 1954–1998 >3500 - - Canadian Army
United States White Sands Missile Range 32.56460°N 106.35908°W 1946– >7000 - - Military and civilian flights. Served as alternate landing site for the space shuttle
COUNTRY LOCATION COORDINATES OPERATIONAL DATES NUMBER OF ROCKET LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET LAUNCHED HIGHEST ACHIEVED ALTITUDE NOTES
Brazil Natal/Barreira 5.86600°S 35.38300°W 1965– 233 - 1100 km -
France Guiana Space Centre, Kourou 5.23739°N 52.76950°W 1968– < 200 777 000 kg Interplanetary Operated by CNES for ESA; launch base for Arianespace. Commercial and governmental launches.
Argentina CELPA 30.12737°S 66.34082°W 1962–1974 / 2011– 100 (approximately) 933 kg 550 km Military Launch Test Site (CITIDEF)
COUNTRY LOCATION COORDINATES OPERATIONAL DATES NUMBER OF ROCKET LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET LAUNCHED HIGHEST ACHIEVED ALTITUDE NOTES
Australia Carnarvon 24.48564°S 113.40866°E 1964–1965 12 - 120 km -