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| Attribute | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Palmachim Airbase 🇮🇱 Israel Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | United States Space Force | Israel Defense Forces / Israel Aerospace Industries |
| Ownership | Military | Military |
| Region | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Launch pads | 4 active (SLC-40, SLC-41, SLC-37B, SLC-16 standby)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 1 active (classified IAF facility)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | ~40as of [1]Includes SpaceX SLC-40 Falcon 9 + ULA SLC-41 Atlas V operations | 1–2as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | 22,800 kg to LEO (Falcon 9 Block 5)as of [2] ↑ Highest capacity | ~350 kg to retrograde LEO (Shavit-2)as of [1]Launches westward over Mediterranean due to geopolitical overflight constraints; unusual retrograde orbit |
| First operational launch | 1950-07-24as of [1]Bumper 8 — first launch from Cape Canaveral | 1988-09-19as of [2]Ofeq-1 — Israel's first satellite; first nation ever to launch into retrograde orbit from a dedicated national site |
| Regulatory regime | U.S. Space Force Eastern Range + FAA-AST Part 450 for commercial operators | Israel Space Agency (ISA) civil oversight; Ministry of Defense controls dual-use launches and Ofeq reconnaissance program |
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