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| Attribute | Plesetsk Cosmodrome 🇷🇺 Russia Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Wenchang Space Launch Site 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) | Houston Airport System | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force |
| Ownership | Military | Public-Private | State Enterprise |
| Region | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇨🇳 China |
| Launch pads | 4 active (Sites 43/3, 43/4 Soyuz-2; Site 35 Angara-1.2; Site 35/1 Angara-A5)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — | 2 (LC-1 Long March 5/7; LC-2 Long March 8)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | ~10as of [1]Military-dominant cadence; exact figure varies; estimate from public manifests | 0 | ~10as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | 24,500 kg to LEO (Angara A5)as of [1] | — | 25,000 kg to LEO (Long March 5B)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1966-03-17as of [1]Vostok-2 rocket — Plesetsk's first orbital launch | 2015 | 2016-11-03as of [1]Long March 5 Y1 inaugural flight; China's most powerful rocket first launch |
| Regulatory regime | Roscosmos State Corporation + Russian Ministry of Defence; subject to ITAR / OFAC / EU sanctions post-2022 | FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License (horizontal launch) | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) |
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