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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Andoya Spaceport 🇳🇴 Norway Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Wallops Flight Facility 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | Southern Launch / Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation | Andoya Space | NASA |
| Ownership | Public-Private | State Enterprise | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇦🇺 Australia | 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | — | 2 sounding rocket rails; 1 orbital pad under developmentas of [1] | 2 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 2-5 | 6–10 suborbitalas of [1]Orbital launches pending; sounding rocket campaigns only through 2026 | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | suborbital only (< 1,000 kg payload to apogee)as of [1]Orbital LV commercial contracts under negotiation as of Q1 2026 | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2020 | 1962-08-18as of [1]First sounding rocket from Andøya Island; orbital capability planned late 2020s | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 |
| Regulatory regime | Australian Space Agency under Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 | Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry & Fisheries + Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA); aligned with EASA airspace coordination | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement |
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