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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Jeju Offshore Launch Platform 🇰🇷 South Korea Active · Last updated 2026-07-26Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Andoya Spaceport 🇳🇴 Norway Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Ministry of National Defense; Hanwha Systems as industrial partner | Jacksonville Aviation Authority | Andoya Space |
| Ownership | Military | Public-Private | State Enterprise |
| Region | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Launch pads | — | — | 2 sounding rocket rails; 1 orbital pad (Spectrum — first flight March 2025)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | <1 — one successful orbital launch (2023) and one scrubbed attempt (2026) in the site's history ↑ Most active | 0-2 | 6–10 suborbitalas of [1]Orbital launches pending; sounding rocket campaigns only through 2026 |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | — | suborbital only (< 1,000 kg payload to apogee)as of [1]Orbital LV commercial contracts under negotiation as of Q1 2026 ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2023 | 2010 | 1962-08-18as of [1]First sounding rocket from Andøya Island; orbital capability planned late 2020s |
| Regulatory regime | — | FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License (horizontal launch only) | Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry & Fisheries + Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA); aligned with EASA airspace coordination |
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