# Orbital launch sites of the world

| Launch site | GCAT code | Full name | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Success rate (%) | Deep-space launches | First launch | Latest launch | Most-used rocket | Latitude | Longitude |
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| Plesetsk | NIIP-53 | 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon, | USSR | 1414 | 1360 | 54 | 96.2 | 0 | 1966-03-17 | 1992-12-29 | Kosmos 11K65M | 62.9 | 40.5 |
| Canaveral | CC | Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida | USA | 1106 | 1031 | 75 | 93.2 | 99 | 1957-12-06 | 2026-10-20 | Falcon 9 | 28.46 | -80.54 |
| Baykonur | NIIP-5 | NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | USSR | 888 | 793 | 95 | 89.3 | 61 | 1957-10-04 | 1988-12-29 | Soyuz-U | 46 | 63 |
| Baykonur | GIK-5 | GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | Russia | 670 | 642 | 28 | 95.8 | 3 | 1989-01-10 | 2026-09-16 | Proton-M/Briz-M | 46 | 63 |
| Vandenberg | VS | South Vandenberg AFB, California | USA | 350 | 330 | 20 | 94.3 | 7 | 1964-08-14 | 2026-04-07 | Atlas SLV-3 Agena D | 34.63 | -120.61 |
| Kourou | CSG | Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise | French Guiana | 336 | 319 | 17 | 94.9 | 7 | 1970-03-10 | 2026-09-15 | Ariane 5ECA | 5.2333 | -52.7517 |
| Vandenberg | V | Vandenberg AFB, California | USA | 314 | 280 | 34 | 89.2 | 0 | 1959-02-28 | 2018-09-15 | Thor SLV-2A Agena D | 34.75 | -120.62 |
| Jiuquan | JQ | Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China | China | 303 | 281 | 22 | 92.7 | 0 | 1970-04-24 | 2026-11-11 | Chang Zheng 2D | 41.31 | 100.31 |
| Kennedy | KSC | NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida | USA | 282 | 281 | 1 | 99.6 | 22 | 1967-11-09 | 2026-10-02 | Space Shuttle | 28.6083 | -80.6041 |
| Xichang | XSC | Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China | China | 243 | 233 | 10 | 95.9 | 8 | 1984-01-29 | 2026-11-05 | Chang Zheng 3B | 28.2472 | 102.0291 |
| Plesetsk | GIK-1 | 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF | Russia | 231 | 219 | 12 | 94.8 | 0 | 1994-11-29 | 2026-11-07 | Soyuz-2-1B | 62.9 | 40.5 |
| Vandenberg | VSFBS | South Base, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | USA | 226 | 225 | 1 | 99.6 | 1 | 2021-09-14 | 2026-11-12 | Falcon 9 | 34.63 | -120.61 |
| Taiyuan | TYSC | Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | China | 162 | 156 | 6 | 96.3 | 0 | 1988-09-06 | 2026-10-23 | Chang Zheng 4B | 38.85 | 111.6 |
| Sriharikota | SHAR | Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India | India | 103 | 91 | 12 | 88.3 | 3 | 1979-08-10 | 2026-10-30 | PSLV | 13.621 | 80.303 |
| Tanegashima | TNSC | Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon | Japan | 100 | 94 | 6 | 94 | 5 | 1975-09-09 | 2026-10-19 | H-IIA 202 | 30.4 | 130.97 |
| Kapustin Yar | GTsP-4 | GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | USSR | 99 | 83 | 16 | 83.8 | 0 | 1961-10-27 | 1987-01-22 | Kosmos 63S1 | 48.5 | 45.8 |
| Mahia | MAHIA | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula | New Zealand | 86 | 82 | 4 | 95.3 | 1 | 2017-05-25 | 2026-11-02 | Electron | -39.2609 | 177.8655 |
| Wenchang | WEN | Wenchang Space Center, Hainan | China | 51 | 48 | 3 | 94.1 | 4 | 2016-06-25 | 2026-08-10 | Chang Zheng 7A | 19.6142 | 110.9511 |
| Pt Arguello | PA | Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello, California | USA | 43 | 31 | 12 | 72.1 | 0 | 1960-10-11 | 1964-07-10 | Atlas Agena B | 34.62 | -120.6 |
| Plesetsk | GNIIPV | GNIIP, VKS section, Plesetsk, Rossiya | Russia | 40 | 39 | 1 | 97.5 | 0 | 1993-01-12 | 1994-10-11 | Kosmos 11K65M | 62.9 | 40.5 |
| Kirimati | KLA | Sea Launch Kiritimati Launch Area, Pacific Ocean | Kiribati | 36 | 33 | 3 | 91.7 | 0 | 1999-03-28 | 2014-05-26 | Zenit-3SL | 0 | -154 |
| Kagoshima | KASC | Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon | Japan | 35 | 27 | 8 | 77.1 | 5 | 1966-09-26 | 2006-09-22 | Mu-3S-II | 31.25 | 131.079 |
| Wallops MARS | MARS | Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia | USA | 31 | 30 | 1 | 96.8 | 0 | 2006-12-16 | 2026-06-11 | Antares 230+ | 37.83 | -75.48 |
| Hainan CLS | HCSLS | Hainan Shangye Hangtian Fashe Chang (Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site) | China | 26 | 26 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2024-11-30 | 2026-11-08 | Chang Zheng 8A | 19.5968 | 110.9308 |
| Wallops I | WI | Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia | USA | 22 | 19 | 3 | 86.4 | 0 | 1960-12-04 | 1995-10-23 | Scout X-4 | 37.83 | -75.48 |
| Vostochniy | VOST | Vostochniy, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya | Russia | 21 | 20 | 1 | 95.2 | 1 | 2016-04-28 | 2025-12-28 | Soyuz-2-1B | 51.7 | 128 |
| Huang Hai | HHAI | Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | China | 21 | 21 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2019-06-05 | 2026-10-21 | Jielong-3 | 34.9 | 121.19 |
| Semnan | SEM | Semnan missile launch site, Iran | Iran | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 2008-08-16 | 2025-09-18 | Safir | 35.2347 | 53.921 |
| Palmachim | PALB | Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | Israel | 13 | 11 | 2 | 84.6 | 0 | 1988-09-19 | 2025-09-02 | Shavit 2 | 31.9 | 34.7 |
| Starbase | STB | Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas | USA | 11 | 9 | 2 | 81.8 | 0 | 2024-06-06 | 2026-09-28 | Starship V2 | 25.9964 | -97.1536 |
| Kwajalein | KMR | US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA), Marshall Islands | TTPI | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 2000-10-09 | 2026-07-03 | Falcon 1 | 8.9917 | 167.72 |
| Yasniy | YAS | Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | Russia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2006-07-12 | 2015-03-25 | Dnepr | 50.75 | 59.5 |
| San Marco | SMLC | San Marco Launch Complex, Formosa Bay, Kenya | Kenya | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1967-04-26 | 1988-03-25 | Scout B | -2.9408 | 40.2134 |
| Naro | NARO | Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | South Korea | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2009-08-25 | 2026-10-07 | Nuri | 34.4318 | 127.5363 |
| Uchinoura | USC | Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima) | Japan | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 2013-09-14 | 2022-10-12 | Epsilon | 31.25 | 131.079 |
| Vandenberg | VSFB | Vandenberg Space Force Base, California | USA | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2021-06-13 | 2026-03-12 | Firefly Alpha | 34.75 | -120.62 |
| Tonghae | SOHAE | Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | North Korea | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2012-04-12 | 2024-05-27 | Cheonlima-1 | 39.66 | 124.706 |
| China Lake | NOTS | Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California | USA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1958-07-25 | 1958-08-28 | NOTS EV1 | 35.58 | -117.17 |
| Woomera | WOO | Woomera Instrumented Range, Woomera, South Australia | Australia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1967-11-29 | 1971-10-28 | Europa I | -30.925 | 136.5 |
| Wallops I | WIMB | Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia | USA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1996-11-04 | 1999-12-04 | Pegasus XL/HAPS | 37.9383 | -75.4633 |
| Shahroud | SHAHR | Imam Reza Space Ctr, Damghan (Shahroud), Iran (Dasht-E-Kabir?) | Iran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 2020-04-22 | 2024-09-14 | Qased | 36.23 | 55.33 |
| Kodiak | PSCA | Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska, Kodiak Island, Alaska | USA | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 2020-09-12 | 2023-01-10 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | 57.4359 | -152.3378 |
| Yangjiang | YJ | Yangjiang launch area | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2023-12-05 | 2026-04-11 | Jielong-3 | 21.28 | 112 |
| Edwards AFB | EAFB | Edwards AFB, California | USA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 1990-04-05 | 1994-08-03 | Pegasus | 34.9 | -117.8 |
| Svobodniy | GIK-2 | GIK-2, Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya | Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1997-03-04 | 2006-04-25 | Start-1 | 51.79 | 128.19 |
| Mojave | MHV | Mojave Spaceport, California | USA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 2020-05-25 | 2022-07-02 | LauncherOne | 35.0487 | -118.1357 |
| Hammaguir | HMG | Centre Interarmees d'Essais d'Engins Speciaux (CIEES), Algerie | Algeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1965-11-26 | 1967-02-15 | Diamant A | 30.887 | -3.083 |
| Alcantara | ALCA | CLA, Alcantara Space Center | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1997-11-02 | 2025-12-23 | VLS-1 | -2.317 | -44.3671 |
| Barents Sea | BLA | Barents Launch Area, Barentsovo More, Murmansk Oblast' (Os. Kildin) | USSR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1998-07-07 | 2006-05-26 | Shtil'-1 | 70 | 34 |
| Kodiak | KLC | Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska | USA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2001-09-30 | 2011-09-27 | Athena-1 | 57.4359 | -152.3378 |
| Canaveral | SPFLA | Space Florida, Cape Canaveral | USA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 2017-08-26 | 2022-06-12 | Astra Rocket 3.3 | 28.4583 | -80.5272 |
| Kii | KII | Spaceport Kii, Kanagawa | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2024-03-13 | 2026-03-05 | Kairos | 33.5443 | 135.8895 |
| Plesetsk | GNIIP | GNIIP, Plesetsk, Rossiya | Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1993-03-25 | 1995-03-28 | Start-1 | 63 | 41.1 |
| Spaceport Florida | SPFL | Spaceport Florida, Cape Canaveral | USA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 1 | 1998-01-07 | 1999-01-27 | Athena-2 | 28.4583 | -80.5272 |
| Tonghae | TONGH | Tonghae SLG, Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, Hamgyong Pukdo, Choson | North Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1998-08-31 | 2009-04-05 | Paektusan 1 | 40.85 | 129.6666 |
| Kapustin Yar | GTsMP-4 | GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | USSR | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1999-04-28 | 2008-06-19 | Kosmos 11K65M | 48.5 | 45.8 |
| Andoya | AND | Andoya Rocket Range, Andoy, Nordland, Norge | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 2025-03-30 | 2026-09-05 | Spectrum | 69.2943 | 16.0207 |
| East China Sea | ECS | East China Sea launch zone | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2026-07-22 | 2026-09-15 | Yinli-1 | 31.2 | 123.7 |
| Gando | GANC | Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria | Canary Is | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 1997-04-21 | 1997-04-21 | Pegasus XL | 27.92 | -15.32 |
| Kauai | KAU | Kauai Test Facility (KTF), Barking Sands, Kauai | USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2015-11-04 | 2015-11-04 | Super Strypi | 22.058 | -159.777 |
| TYSC? | TYSC? |  |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2021-07-27 | 2021-07-27 | Chang Zheng 2C |  |  |
| Newquay | NEWQ | Cornwall Airport Newquay | UK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2023-01-09 | 2023-01-09 | LauncherOne | 50.4408 | -5.0076 |
| Jeju | JEJU | Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2023-12-04 | 2023-12-04 | ADD TV2 | 33.2 | 126.4 |
| Bowen | BOWEN | Bowen Orbital Spaceport, Queensland | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2025-07-29 | 2025-07-29 | Eris Block 1 | -19.9582 | 148.1136 |
| Sriharikota | SDSC | Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2026-07-18 | 2026-07-18 | Vikram-1 | 13.621 | 80.303 |

Source: https://aidb.si/d/orbital-launch-sites — Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat).