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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Wallops Flight Facility 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Uchinoura Space Center 🇯🇵 Japan Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | Oita Prefecture / NTT Communications consortium | NASA | JAXA |
| Ownership | Public-Private | Public-Private | Government |
| Region | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Launch pads | — | 2 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 1 orbital (M-V pad, reconfigured for Epsilon-S)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | 0 | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns | 1–2as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | 700 kg to SSO (Epsilon-S target)as of [1]Epsilon-S return-to-flight following 2022 failure under investigation |
| First operational launch | 2020 | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 | 1970-02-11as of [1]Ohsumi — Japan's first satellite; first satellite launched by a non-superpower |
| Regulatory regime | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023); Oita Airport operates under Japan Civil Aviation Bureau | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023) |
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