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| Attribute | Guiana Space Centre 🇫🇷 France Active · Last updated 2026-06-28Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | ESA / CNES | United States Space Force |
| Ownership | International Consortium | Military |
| Region | 🇫🇷 France | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | 3 (ELA-4 Ariane 6, ZLV Vega-C, ELS Soyuz-retired 2022)as of [1] | 4 active (SLC-40, SLC-41, SLC-37B, SLC-16 standby)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 4 Ariane 6 in 2025; 6–8 planned for 2026as of [3]2026 plan includes first Ariane 64 (flew Feb 2026 with Amazon Leo satellites); Vega-C cadence additional ↑ Most active | 109 combined CCSFS + KSC in 2025 (record)as of [3]101 of the 109 were Falcon 9/Heavy, the bulk from SLC-40. SpaceX targeting ~140+ Falcon launches in 2026; 69 flown by June 11, 2026 |
| Max payload (LEO) | 10,735 kg to GTO (Ariane 6.4, dual-payload)as of [2] | 22,800 kg to LEO (Falcon 9 Block 5)as of [2] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1968-04-09as of [1]First Véronique sounding rocket; first orbital launch 1979-12-24 (Ariane 1, CAT-01) | 1950-07-24as of [1]Bumper 8 — first launch from Cape Canaveral |
| Regulatory regime | ESA Convention + French Space Operations Act (LOS, 2008) under CNES oversight | U.S. Space Force Eastern Range + FAA-AST Part 450 for commercial operators |
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