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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 × | 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 | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) | Andoya Space | NASA |
| Ownership | Government | State Enterprise | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | 1 (KSLV-II/Nuri launch pad; KSLV-III pad planned)as of [1] | 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 | 2–3as of [1] | 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) | 1,500 kg to 500 km SSO (Nuri KSLV-II)as of [1] | 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 | 2009-08-25as of [1]KSLV-1 first attempt (partially successful); first successful Korean orbital launch 2022-06-21 (Nuri) | 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 | KASA (Korea AeroSpace Administration, established May 2024) / MSIT | 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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