National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM) · Duqm, Al Wusta Governorate, Oman, Oman
Launch Pads
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Annual Launches
1-5 (experimental)
Max Payload (LEO)
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Established
2023
Etlaq Spaceport near Duqm's Special Economic Zone on Oman's Arabian Sea coast is the Middle East and North Africa region's first commercial spaceport to conduct a launch. Developed by the National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM, founded 2022) with Omantel as strategic partner, it flew the Duqm-1 experimental suborbital mission on 4 December 2024 and announced a five-launch experimental manifest for 2025 with partners from the UK, New Zealand, Portugal, and Kuwait. Oman's Civil Aviation Authority issued a national commercial spaceflight framework (CAD 5-01) in October 2025, and Spain's PLD Space has designated Etlaq as a second global launch base for Miura 5, with first flights anticipated as early as 2027.
| Region | Middle East |
| Country | 🇴🇲 Oman |
| Coordinates | 18.7862° N, 56.8220° E |
| Ownership | Private |
| Parent Entity | National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM), founded 2022; Omantel strategic partner |
| Regulatory Regime | Oman Civil Aviation Authority — Civil Aviation Directive CAD 5-01 (October 2025): evidence-based safety case, launch-window approvals in as little as 45 days, no annual cap per provider or spaceport |
| Latitude Advantage | 18.8°N — among the lowest-latitude launch sites in the Middle East; clear eastward overwater trajectories across the Arabian Sea toward LEO and modest GTO bonus vs. mid-latitude sites |
| Azimuth Range | Eastward and southward over the Arabian Sea / Indian Ocean |
| Website | https://www.etlaq.com |
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Strategic Value
First-mover commercial launch infrastructure in the Gulf: gives MENA-region payloads and Western small-launch startups a low-latitude, regulation-light test range, and gives PLD Space a second global base outside Kourou. Execution risk centers on converting experimental suborbital cadence into orbital traffic by 2027.
Recent Activity
Five-launch experimental manifest announced for 2025; DUQM-2 (Stellar Kinetics Kea-1) campaign in July 2025 ended in an ignition abort but validated ground systems and range coordination; Oman CAA spaceflight framework (CAD 5-01) issued October 2025.
2026
Continued experimental launch campaigns under the CAD 5-01 framework
2027
PLD Space Miura 5 first orbital launch from Etlaq (anticipated as early as 2027)