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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Naro Space Center 🇰🇷 South Korea Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Baikonur Cosmodrome 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | Southern Launch / Koonibba Community Aboriginal Corporation | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) | Roscosmos |
| Ownership | Public-Private | Government | International Consortium |
| Region | 🇦🇺 Australia | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Launch pads | — | 1 (KSLV-II/Nuri launch pad; KSLV-III pad planned)as of [1] | 9 active (Soyuz-2 × 3, Proton-M × 2, Zenit × 1, Zenith-3SLB, and reserve pads)as of [1]Many historic pads retired; total complex has 52 pads historically ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 2-5 | 2–3as of [1] | ~15as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 1,500 kg to 500 km SSO (Nuri KSLV-II)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | 22,800 kg to LEO (Proton-M)as of [1] |
| First operational launch | 2020 | 2009-08-25as of [1]KSLV-1 first attempt (partially successful); first successful Korean orbital launch 2022-06-21 (Nuri) | 1957-10-04as of [1]Sputnik 1 — first artificial Earth satellite ever launched |
| Regulatory regime | Australian Space Agency under Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 | KASA (Korea AeroSpace Administration, established May 2024) / MSIT | Roscosmos (lease through 2050) / Kazakhstan KazCosmos co-oversight under 1994 lease agreement |
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