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| Attribute | Plesetsk Cosmodrome 🇷🇺 Russia 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 | SaxaVord Spaceport Ltd | Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) | NASA |
| Ownership | Private | Military | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇺🇸 United States |
| 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 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | 0 | ~10as of [1]Military-dominant cadence; exact figure varies; estimate from public manifests | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 24,500 kg to LEO (Angara A5)as of [1] | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 2022 | 1966-03-17as of [1]Vostok-2 rocket — Plesetsk's first orbital launch | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 |
| Regulatory regime | UK CAA under the Space Industry Act 2018 + Space Industry Regulations 2021 | Roscosmos State Corporation + Russian Ministry of Defence; subject to ITAR / OFAC / EU sanctions post-2022 | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement |
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