Spaceports
U.S. Spaceports
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure – TSR 2017
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure - TSR 2017 examines global human spaceflight operations, launch vehicles from all spacefaring nations, communications satellite constellations, PNT satellites, Earth observation and remote sensing satellites, defense satellites,…
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure – TSR 2018
Infrastructure: Space Infrastructure - TSR 2018 examines global human spaceflight operations to include both the Chinese and US space stations, launch vehicles from all spacefaring nations, communications satellite constellations, PNT…
Infrastructure: Spaceports – TSRQ4 2019
Infrastructure: Spaceports – TSRQ4 2019 details the orbital and suborbital launch activities of spaceports around the world in 2018 and examines each launch site in depth.
2017 – U.S. Spaceports
During 2017, five spaceports were used by U.S. orbital launch operators: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida; Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida; Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Virginia; Vandenberg Air…
2016 – U.S. Spaceports
Three spaceports conducted orbital launch operations from the United States in 2016: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). CCAFS…
2015 – U.S. Spaceports
In the United States and its territories, ##% of the spaceports have active launch site operator licenses granted by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The remaining ##% of U.S.…
2007 – U.S. Spaceports
Oklahoma Spaceport received an FAA license for suborbital flights in June 2006. Blue Origin, founded by Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos, received an experimental permit in 2006 for its West Texas launch…
2008 – U.S. Spaceports
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) lies on the Atlantic shore of Florida, almost directly east of Orlando, and adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The spaceport supports a…
2009 – U.S. Spaceports
Groundbreaking for Spaceport America, located in southern New Mexico on the outskirts of the White Sands Missile Range, took place in June 2009. Construction began on its 3,000-meter (10,000-foot) main…
2010 – U.S. Spaceports
The Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the primary NASA launch facility, is entering a period of fundamental change. The retirement of the shuttle and the end of work on main elements…