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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 × | Wallops Flight Facility 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | ISRO | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) | NASA |
| Ownership | Government | Government | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇮🇳 India | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | — | 1 (KSLV-II/Nuri launch pad; KSLV-III pad planned)as of [1] | 2 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0 | 2–3as of [1] | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 1,500 kg to 500 km SSO (Nuri KSLV-II)as of [1] | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2025 | 2009-08-25as of [1]KSLV-1 first attempt (partially successful); first successful Korean orbital launch 2022-06-21 (Nuri) | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 |
| Regulatory regime | IN-SPACe (Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre) | KASA (Korea AeroSpace Administration, established May 2024) / MSIT | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement |
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