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| Attribute | Baikonur Cosmodrome 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Uchinoura Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | Roscosmos | JAXA | NASA |
| Ownership | International Consortium | Government | Government |
| Region | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | 9 active (Soyuz-2 × 3, Proton-M × 2, Zenit × 1, Zenith-3SLB, and reserve pads)as of [1]Many historic pads retired; total complex has 52 pads historically ↑ Most pads | 1 orbital (M-V pad, reconfigured for Epsilon-S)as of [1] | 2 active (LC-39A, LC-39B)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | ~15as of [1] | 1–2as of [1] | ~40as of [1]Combined NASA + SpaceX cadence from LC-39A and LC-39B |
| Max payload (LEO) | 22,800 kg to LEO (Proton-M)as of [1] | 700 kg to SSO (Epsilon-S target)as of [1]Epsilon-S return-to-flight following 2022 failure under investigation | 63,800 kg to LEO (Falcon Heavy expendable)as of [2] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1957-10-04as of [1]Sputnik 1 — first artificial Earth satellite ever launched | 1970-02-11as of [1]Ohsumi — Japan's first satellite; first satellite launched by a non-superpower | 1967-11-09as of [1]SA-501 Apollo 4 — first Saturn V launch from LC-39A |
| Regulatory regime | Roscosmos (lease through 2050) / Kazakhstan KazCosmos co-oversight under 1994 lease agreement | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) | NASA range safety + FAA-AST Part 450 for commercial users; co-managed with Eastern Range |
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