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United States: Spaceport America, Upham, New Mexico 2006– 50+ Sub-orbital commercial and planned space tourist launches. ...
Pages in category "Spaceports in the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Truth or Consequences. [1]
Royal Danish Air Force base made available to the United States by the Danish government, hosting Geographically Separate Units (GSUs) of Space Base Delta 1, Space Delta 4, and Space Delta 6. Home to the 12th Space Warning Squadron which operates a Ballistic Missile Early Warning System .
A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word spaceport , and even more so cosmodrome , has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories. [ 1 ]
On September 17, 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration formally approved the application, making Midland International Airport the first primary commercial service airport to be certified as a spaceport. [11] The original primary purpose of the launch site was to permit XCOR Aerospace to test its reusable winged commercial space vehicle ...
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The Houston Spaceport is a federally licensed commercial spaceport located in Houston, Texas, United States. Situated on 400 acres (160 ha) at Ellington Airport (EFD), the spaceport is managed by the Houston Airport System , a department of the City of Houston.