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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Etlaq Spaceport 🇴🇲 Oman Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Xichang Satellite Launch Center 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM) | Roscosmos | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force |
| Ownership | Private | Government | Military |
| Region | 🇴🇲 Oman | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇨🇳 China |
| Launch pads | — | — | 3 active (LC-2, LC-3 Long March 3A/3B/3C; LC-4 Long March 3B upgrades)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 1-5 (experimental) | 3-5 | ~15as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | — | 11,500 kg to GTO (Long March 3B/E)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2024-12-04as of [1]Duqm-1 experimental suborbital launch — first from a MENA commercial spaceport | 2016 | 1984-01-29as of [1]China's first GTO orbital launch; first commercial GEO satellite (AsiaSat-1) 1990 |
| 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 | Roscosmos (Russian federal jurisdiction, no foreign lease) | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) |
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