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| Attribute | Esrange Space Center 🇸🇪 Sweden Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Naro Space Center 🇰🇷 South Korea Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | Spaceport Cornwall / Cornwall Council | Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) |
| Ownership | Public-Private | State Enterprise | Government |
| Region | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Launch pads | — | 1 orbital pad (under development; multiple sounding rocket launch rails)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 1 (KSLV-II/Nuri launch pad; KSLV-III pad planned)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0-1 | 8–12 suborbitalas of [1]Orbital capacity ~100 kg planned for 2027; SSC orbital pad construction ongoing | 2–3as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | suborbital only (historical); ~100 kg to SSO planned 2027as of [1] | 1,500 kg to 500 km SSO (Nuri KSLV-II)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2021 | 1966-11-19as of [1]First Nike-Cajun sounding rocket from Esrange; first European orbital launch site when orbital pad opens | 2009-08-25as of [1]KSLV-1 first attempt (partially successful); first successful Korean orbital launch 2022-06-21 (Nuri) |
| Regulatory regime | UK CAA under the Space Industry Act 2018; horizontal-launch range license (2022) | Swedish Space Act (1982:963) + Swedish National Space Agency; EU/EASA airspace coordination | KASA (Korea AeroSpace Administration, established May 2024) / MSIT |
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