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==With achieved satellite launches== The following is a table of spaceports with a documented achieved launch to orbit. The table is sorted according to the time of the first launch that achieved satellite orbit insertion. The first column gives the geographical location. Operations from a different country are indicated in the fourth column. A launch is counted as one also in cases where the payload consists of multiple satellites. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Spaceport ! Location ! Years<br />(orbital) ! Launches<br />to orbit<br /> or inter-<br />planetary ! Launch vehicles<br />(operators) ! Sources |- | {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} {{flagicon|Russia}} {{flagicon|USSR}} [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]]{{Efn|name=Baikonur}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baikonur.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207133756/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baikonur.htm |url-status=dead |title=Baikonur|archive-date=7 February 2002|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | Kazakhstan | 1957โ | {{nts|1000|prefix=>}} | [[R-7 (rocket family)|R-7]]/[[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]], [[Kosmos (rocket family)|Kosmos]], [[Proton (rocket)|Proton]], [[Tsyklon]], [[Zenit (rocket family)|Zenit]], [[Energia (rocket)|Energia]], [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]], [[N1 (rocket)|N1]], [[Rokot]], [[Strela (rocket)|Strela]] | {{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station]]<ref name="Cape Canaveral - astronautix.com">{{Cite web|url=http://astronautix.com/sites/capveral.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031031090517/http://astronautix.com/sites/capveral.htm |url-status=dead |title=Cape Canaveral|archive-date=31 October 2003|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | United States | 1958โ | {{nts|400|prefix=>}} | [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta]], [[Scout (rocket family)|Scout]], [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas]], [[Titan (rocket family)|Titan]], [[Saturn (rocket family)|Saturn]], [[Athena (rocket family)|Athena]], [[Falcon 9]], [[Minotaur IV]], [[Vanguard (rocket)|Vanguard]], [[Juno I|Juno]], [[Thor (rocket family)|Thor]] | {{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vandenberg Space Force Base]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/vannberg.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208200346/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/vannberg.htm |url-status=dead |title=Vandenberg|archive-date=8 February 2002|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | United States | 1959โ | {{nts|700|prefix=>}} | [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta]], [[Scout (rocket family)|Scout]], [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas]], [[Titan (rocket family)|Titan]], [[Taurus (rocket)|Taurus]], [[Athena (rocket family)|Athena]], [[Minotaur (rocket family)|Minotaur]], [[Falcon 9]], [[Thor (rocket family)|Thor]], [[Firefly Alpha]] |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.space.com/34147-vandenberg-air-force-base.html|title=Vandenberg: West Coast Launch Site|first=Elizabeth|last=Howell|date=22 September 2016|website=Space.com|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615232930/https://www.space.com/34147-vandenberg-air-force-base.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wallops Flight Facility]]{{Efn|The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is co-located with the Wallops Flight Facility.|name=Virginia}}<ref name="astronautix.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/w/wallopsisland.html|title=Wallops Island|website=www.astronautix.com|access-date=23 April 2022|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303081308/http://www.astronautix.com/w/wallopsisland.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | United States | 1961โ1985 | {{nts|19}} | [[Scout (rocket family)|Scout]] | 6<ref name="astronautix.com"/>+13<ref name="astronautix.com"/> |- | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Kapustin Yar|Kapustin Yar Cosmodrome]]<ref name="Kapustin Yar โ astronautix.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/kapinyar.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104074853/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/kapinyar.htm |url-status=dead |title=Kapustin Yar|archive-date=4 November 2007|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | Russia | 1962โ2008 | {{nts|85}} | [[Kosmos (rocket family)|Kosmos]] |<ref name="Kapustin Yar โ astronautix.com"/>{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} |- | {{flagicon|France}} [[Centre interarmรฉes d'essais d'engins spรฉciaux|CIEES]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/hamguira.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020505192536/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/hamguira.htm |url-status=dead |title=Hammaguira|archive-date=5 May 2002|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | French Algeria<!-- During the time CIEES operated, it was French Algeria, not Algeria --> | 1965โ1967 | {{nts|4}} | [[Diamant]] A (France) | [[Diamant]] |- | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]]<ref name="Plesetsk - astronautix.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/plesetsk.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229175958/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/plesetsk.htm |url-status=dead |title=Plesetsk|archive-date=29 December 2007|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | Russia | 1966โ | {{nts|1500|prefix=>}} | [[R-7 (rocket family)|R-7]]/[[Soyuz (rocket)|Soyuz]], [[Kosmos (rocket family)|Kosmos]], [[Tsyklon-3]], [[Rokot]], [[Angara (rocket family)|Angara]], [[Start-1|Start]] |<ref name="Plesetsk - astronautix.com"/> |- | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Broglio Space Centre]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | Kenya | 1967โ1988 | {{nts|9}} | [[Scout (rocket family)|Scout]] ([[Italian Space Agency|ASI]] and [[Sapienza University of Rome|Sapienza]], Italy) | [[Broglio Space Centre|Broglio]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kennedy Space Center]]<ref name="Cape Canaveral - astronautix.com"/> | United States | 1967โ | {{nts|187}} | 17 [[Saturn (rocket family)|Saturn]], 135 [[Space Shuttle]], 63 [[Falcon 9]], {{Falcon rocket statistics|FHsuccess}} [[Falcon Heavy]], 1 [[SLS Block 1|SLS]] | [[Saturn (rocket family)|Saturn]], [[Space Shuttle|STS]], [[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches|F9]] |- | {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Woomera Prohibited Area]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | Australia | 1967, 1971 | {{nts|2}} | [[Redstone (rocket)|Redstone]] ([[WRESAT]]), [[Black Arrow]] (UK [[Prospero X-3]]), [[Europa (rocket)|Europa]] | [[WRESAT]], [[Prospero X-3|X-3]] |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Uchinoura Space Center]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | Japan | 1970โ | {{nts|31}} | 27 [[Mu (rocket family)|Mu]], 3 [[Epsilon (rocket)|Epsilon]], 1 [[S-Series (rocket family)|SS-520-5]] |<ref name="astronautix.com"/> [[Mu (rocket family)|M]], [[Epsilon (rocket)|ฮต]], [[S-Series (rocket family)|S]] |- | {{flagicon|France}} {{flagicon|EU}} [[Guiana Space Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arianespace.com/news/mission-status.asp |title=Arianespace - Launch program activity |access-date=26 May 2009 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209054822/http://www.arianespace.com/news/mission-status.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> | French Guiana | 1970โ | {{nts|318}} | 7 [[Diamant]], 227 [[Ariane (rocket family)|Ariane]], 16 [[Soyuz-2 (rocket)|Soyuz-2]], 11 [[Vega (rocket)|Vega]] | see 4 rockets |- | {{flagicon|China}} [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | China | 1970โ | {{nts|121}} | 2 [[Long March 1|LM1]], 3 [[Long March 2A|LM2A]], 20 [[Long March 2C|LM2C]], 36 [[Long March 2D|LM2D]], 13 [[Long March 2F|LM2F]], 3 [[Long March 4B|LM4B]], 5 [[Long March 4C|LM4C]], 3 [[Long March 11|LM11]] | See 8 rockets |- | {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tanegashima Space Center]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | Japan | 1975โ | {{nts|65}} | 6 [[N-I (rocket)|N-I]], 8 [[N-II (rocket)|N-II]], 9 [[H-I]], 6 [[H-II]], 36 [[H-IIA]] | see 5 rockets |- | {{flagicon|India}} [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | India | 1979โ | {{nts|93}} | 4 [[Satellite Launch Vehicle|SLV]], 4 [[Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle|ASLV]], 60 [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV]], 16[[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle|GSLV]], 7 [[LVM3]], 2 [[Small Satellite Launch Vehicle|SSLV]] | [[List of Satish Dhawan Space Centre launches|List SDSC]] |- | {{flagicon|China}} [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/xichang.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129090651/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/xichang.htm |url-status=dead |title=Xichang|archive-date=29 January 2005|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | China | 1984โ | {{nts|183}} | [[Long March (rocket family)|Long March]]: 6 [[Long March 2C|LM2C]], 5 [[Long March 2E|LM2E]], 11 [[Long March 3|LM3]], 25 [[Long March 3A|LM3A]], 42 [[Long March 3B|LM3B]], 15 [[Long March 3C|LM3C]] | See 6 rockets |- | {{flagicon|China}} [[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/taiyuan.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228003645/http://astronautix.com/t/taiyuan.html |url-status=dead |title=Taiyuan|archive-date=28 December 2016|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | China | 1988โ | {{nts|62}} | [[Long March (rocket family)|Long March]]: 16 [[Long March 2C|LM2C]], 2 [[Long March 2D|LM2D]], 2 [[Long March 4A|LM4A]], 25 [[Long March 4B|LM4B]], 15 [[Long March 4C|LM4C]], 2 [[Long March 6|LM6]] | See 6 rockets |- | {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Palmachim Airbase]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/> | Israel | 1988โ | {{nts|8}} | [[Shavit 2|Shavit]] | [[Shavit 2|Shavit]] |- | Various airport runways (''[[Balls 8]]'', ''[[Stargazer (aircraft)|Stargazer]]'') | Various | 1990โ | {{nts|39}} | [[Pegasus (rocket)|Pegasus]] | [[Pegasus (rocket)|Pegasus]] |- | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Svobodny Cosmodrome]]<ref name="Svobodniy โ astronautix.com">{{Cite web|url=http://astronautix.com/sites/svoodniy.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802101826/http://astronautix.com/sites/svoodniy.htm |url-status=dead |title=Svobodniy|archive-date=2 August 2002|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | Russia | 1997โ2006 | {{nts|5}} | [[Start-1]] |<ref name="Svobodniy โ astronautix.com"/> |- | {{flagicon|Russia}} {{sclass2|Delta|submarine|1}} | Barents Sea | 1998, 2006 | {{nts|2}} | [[Shtil']] (Russia), [[Volna|Volna-O]] | [[Shtil']] |- | [[Odyssey (launch platform)|Odyssey]] mobile platform | Pacific Ocean | 1999โ2014 | {{nts|32}} | [[Zenit-3SL]] ([[Sea Launch]]) | [[Sea Launch]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pacific Spaceport Complex โ Alaska|Pacific Spaceport Complex]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/kodiak.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707054949/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/kodiak.htm |url-status=dead |title=Kodiak|archive-date=7 July 2009|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref><ref name=aw201004> [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/video/?&fr_story=0219ca815fb65dfa933c587e1f980df6983d229b Kodiak Readies for Quick Launch], ''[[Aviation Week]]'', April 2010, accessed 26 April 2010. "Alaska's remote Kodiak Launch Complex is state-of-the-art, has a perfect mission record, and will soon be able to launch a satellite-carrying rocket within 24 hours of mission go-ahead."</ref> | United States | 2001โ | {{nts|3}} | 1 [[Athena (rocket family)|Athena]], 2 [[Minotaur (rocket family)|Minotaur IV]] | [[Kodiak Launch Complex|Kodiak]] |- | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Dombarovsky (air base)|Yasny Cosmodrome]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/domvskiy.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618045913/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/domvskiy.htm |url-status=dead |title=Dombarovskiy|archive-date=18 June 2008|website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref> | Russia | 2006โ | {{nts|10}} | [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]] | [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport]]{{Efn|name=Virginia}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vaspace.org/|title=Welcome to Virginia Space|website=www.vaspace.org|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814082240/https://www.vaspace.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> | United States | 2006โ | {{nts|12}} | 5 [[Minotaur (rocket family)|Minotaur I]], 6 [[Antares (rocket)|Antares]], 1 [[Minotaur (rocket)#Minotaur V|Minotaur V]] | [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport|MARS]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Omelek]], [[Kwajalein Atoll]] | Marshall Islands | 2008โ2009 | {{nts|5}} | 5 [[Falcon 1]] (US) | [[Falcon 1]] |- | {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Semnan Space Center]]<ref name="astronautix.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nti.org/learn/facilities/313/ |title=Imam Khomeini Space Center | Facilities |publisher=NTI |access-date=2017-11-30 |archive-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705174002/http://www.nti.org/learn/facilities/313/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | Iran | 2009โ | {{nts|26}} | [[Safir (rocket)|Safir]], [[Simorgh (rocket)|Simorgh]], [[Zuljanah (rocket)|Zuljanah]] | [[Safir (rocket)|Safir]] |- | {{flagicon|North Korea}} [[Sohae Satellite Launching Station]] | North Korea | 2012โ | {{nts|2}} | [[Unha|Unha-3]] | [[Kwangmyongsong-3 Unit 2|K3-U2]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50167891/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UMgQBeTNboI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213030251/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50167891/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UMgQBeTNboI |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2012 |title=North Korea says it successfully launched controversial satellite into orbit |date=12 December 2012 |publisher=[[MSNBC]]}}</ref> |- | {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Naro Space Center]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/30/c_132138953.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204012038/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/30/c_132138953.htm |url-status=dead |title=news.xinhuanet.com|archive-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> | South Korea | 2013โ | {{nts|2}} | [[Naro-1]], [[Nuri (rocket)|Nuri]] | [[Naro-1]], [[Nuri (rocket)|Nuri]] |- | {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Vostochny Cosmodrome]] | Russia | 2016โ | {{nts|8}} | 8 [[Soyuz-2]] | [[Vostochny Cosmodrome|Vostochny]] |- | {{flagicon|China}} [[Wenchang Satellite Launch Center]] | China | 2016โ | {{nts|23}} | [[Long March (rocket family)|Long March]]: 9 [[Long March 5|LM5]], 12 [[Long March 7|LM7]], 2 [[Long March 8|LM8]] | See 3 rockets |- | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1]] | New Zealand | 2018โ | {{nts|21}} | 21 [[Electron (rocket)|Electron]] | [[Electron (rocket)]] |- | {{flagicon|China}} {{ill|Dongfang Spaceport|lt=|zh|ไธๆน่ชๅคฉๆธฏ}} | Yellow sea, East China sea | 2019โ | {{nts|6}} | 4 [[Long March 11]], 1 [[Jielong 3|SD3]], 1 {{ill|CERES-1|zh|่ฐท็ฅๆไธๅท่ฟ่ฝฝ็ซ็ฎญ}} | See 3 rockets |- |{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Shahroud space center|Shahroud Space Center]] | Iran | 2020โ | {{nts|7}} | 3 [[Qased (rocket)|Qased]], 4 [[Qaem 100]] |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran's first space launch center near Shahrud for its Ghaem SLV project |url=http://www.b14643.de/Spacerockets/Specials/Shahrud_Missile-Range/index.htm |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.b14643.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hinz |first=Fabian |title=IRAN'S SOLID-PROPELLANT SLV PROGRAM IS ALIVE AND KICKING |url=https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1208906/irans-solid-propellant-slv-program-is-alive-and-kicking/}}</ref> |}
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