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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Alcantara Launch Center 🇧🇷 Brazil Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Wenchang Space Launch Site 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | Brazilian Air Force (FAB) / Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB) | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force |
| Ownership | Government | State Enterprise |
| Region | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇨🇳 China |
| Launch pads | 1 (CLA mobile launch vehicle; VLM-1 pad under development)as of [1] | 2 (LC-1 Long March 5/7; LC-2 Long March 8)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0–1 (first orbital launch pending)as of [1]Sounding rockets operational; VLM-1 orbital debut targeted 2027 | ~10as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | ~150 kg to SSO (VLM-1 target)as of [1]Near-equatorial location (2.3°S) provides ~460 m/s velocity bonus for GTO missions | 25,000 kg to LEO (Long March 5B)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1990-11-21as of [1]VS-30 sounding rocket; first orbital attempt VLS-1 1997 (pad explosion); new era with VLM-1 | 2016-11-03as of [1]Long March 5 Y1 inaugural flight; China's most powerful rocket first launch |
| Regulatory regime | AEB regulatory framework; 2019 U.S.–Brazil Technology Safeguards Agreement enables U.S.-origin payload launches | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) |
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