Space launch site(s) In 3 editions of 36.

• none;
• note - in 1947, Algeria began hosting a French military rocket test site known as the Centre Interarmées d’Essais d’Engins Spéciaux (CIEES or Interarmy Special Vehicles Test Center);
• it was the continent of Africa's first rocket launch site and was in service until 1967

• Luigi Broglio Space Center (aka Malindi Space Center, Malindi Station, San Marco Satellite Launching and Tracking Station; Kilifi County; over 20 sounding rockets and nine satellites launched from the site, 1967-1989);
• in 2020, Kenya concluded a new deal with Italy to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future (2025)

• Arniston launch facility (Western Cape) used to support space launch vehicle and ballistic missile program (1980s-1990s);
• it is now a weapons testing facility called the Denel Overberg Test Range (2024)

• Jiuquan Launch Center (Inner Mongolia);
• Xichang Launch Center (Sichuan);
• Wenchang Launch Center (Hainan; Wenchang includes a commercial launch pad, the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site, which became operational in December 2024);
• Taiyuan Launch Center (Shanxi);
• Eastern Spaceport (Shandong; a coastal spaceport designed to facilitate maritime launches) (2025)

Satish Dhawan Space Center (aka Sriharikota Range; located in Andhra Pradesh); Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (Kerala) (2025)

• Tanegashima Space Center/Yoshinobu Launch Complex (Kagoshima),
• Uchinoura Space Center (Kagoshima),
• Noshiro Testing Center (Akita) (2025)

• Baikonur Cosmodrome/Space Center (Baikonur) (2025)

note 1: Baikonur Cosmodrome is leased and administered by Russia until 2050; the cosmodrome was originally built by the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s and is the site of the World's first successful satellite launch (Sputnik) in 1957; it is also the largest space launch facility in the World

note 2: in 2018, Kazakhstan and Russia agreed that Kazakhstan would build, maintain, and operate a new space launch facility (Baiterek) at the Baikonur Space Center (estimated to be fully operational in 2027-2028)

• Sohae Satellite Launching Station (aka Tongch'ang-dong Space Launch Center; North Pyongan province);
• Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground (North Hamgyong province) (2025)

• Naro Space Center (South Jeolla province) (2025)

none; missile test sites at Somiani (Balochistan) and Tilla Jogian (Punjab) (2025)

• Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan);
• Vostochny Cosmodrome (Amur Oblast);
• Plesetsk Cosmodrome (Arkhangel'sk Oblast) (2025)

note 1: the Baikonur cosmodrome and the surrounding area are leased and administered by Russia until 2050 for approximately $115 million/year; the cosmodrome was originally built by the Soviet Union in the mid-1950s and is the site of the World's first successful satellite launch (Sputnik) in 1957; it is also the largest space launch facility in the World, comprising 15 launch pads for space launch vehicles, four launch pads for testing intercontinental ballistic missiles, more than 10 assembly and test facilities, and other infrastructure

note 2: in 2018, Kazakhstan and Russia agreed that Kazakhstan would build, maintain, and operate a new space launch facility (Baiterek) at the Baikonur space center (estimated to be ready for operations in 2025)

• ESA’s spaceport is located in Kourou, French Guiana;
• EU members Norway and Sweden have operational commercial space ports;
• the UK, non-EU member, has two operational commercial space ports (2025)

• Guiana Space Center (Kourou, French Guiana; also serves as the spaceport for the ESA);
• note – prior to the completion of the Guiana Space Center in 1969, France launched rockets from Algeria (2025)

a commercial offshore launch platform that will operate from the North Sea is under development with both government and private funding (2025)

• the Broglio (aka San Marco, Malindi) Space Center, located near Malindi, Kenya, served from 1967 to 1988 as an Italian and international satellite launch facility;
• in 2020, Italy concluded a deal with Kenya to conduct rocket launches from the site again in the future;
• the Italian Space Agency has utilized the site as a satellite ground station since 2004

the Italian Government has designated the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport as a future spaceport and signed framework agreements with commercial space companies that could lead to suborbital and orbital launches from what would be called the Grottaglie Spaceport (2025)

Andøya Space Center (Andøya Island; note - first operational spaceport in continental Europe) (2025)

• in August 2025, Portugal granted a license to a commercial consortium to build and operate a space launch center on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores;
• the first orbital launches are expected in 2027 (2025)

• El Arenosillo Test Center/Range (Andalusia) (2025)

• Esrange Space Center (Kiruna) (2025)

• Spaceport 1 (Outer Hebrides, Scotland);
• Spaceport Machrihanish (Argyll, Scotland);
• Glasgow Prestwick (South Ayrshire, Scotland);
• Spaceport Snowdonia (Gwynedd, Wales);
• SaxaVord UK Spaceport (Unst, Shetland Islands);
• Sutherland Spaceport (Sutherland, Scotland);
• Sutherland, Scotland (Cornwall Airport Newquay, Cornwall) (2024)

• Imam Khomeini Space Center (aka Semnan Space Center; Semnan province);
• Shahroud Space Center (Semnan Province; IRGC-operated);
• Chabahar Space Center (Sistan and Baluchistan Province; under development) (2025)

• Palmachim Airbase (Central district) (2025)

rocket test launch site on the Black Sea in Sinop Province; constructing a rocket launch facility in Somalia (2025)

• developing commercial space port sites in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (2025)

note: the Churchill Rocket Research Range in Manitoba was used for rocket testing from 1956-1985

has 20 government and commercial spaceports licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration spread across 10 states (Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia) (2025)

• Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex (commercial site, South Australia);
• Arnhem Space Center (commercial site, Northern Territory);
• Bown Orbital Spaceport (commercial site, North Queensland) (2025)

• Mahia Peninsula Launch Complex (Hawke's Bay) (2025)

• Manuel Belgrano Space Center (Buenos Aires province);
• Punta Indio Space Center (Buenos Aires province);
• Teofilo Tabanera Space Center (CETT; Cordoba Province; testing/mission control) (2025)

Alcantara Launch Center (Maranhão state); Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (Rio Grande do Norte state) (2025)

in 2024, Peru announced an initiative to develop a future spaceport in Talara (Piura department)

has launched feasibility studies for potential space launch sites in Pahang, Sabah, and Sarawak (2025)

• sounding rockets launched from Jui Peng Air Base (Pingtung);
• has announced intentions to build a future national space port on the southeast coast (Pingtung) (2025)

none; in 2023, announced intentions to build a spaceport with South Korean assistance (2025)