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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 2026-06-12Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Etlaq Spaceport 🇴🇲 Oman Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | SaxaVord Spaceport 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | NASA | National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM) | SaxaVord Spaceport Ltd |
| Ownership | Public-Private | Private | Private |
| Region | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇴🇲 Oman | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Launch pads | 4 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur, LC-2 Electron, LC-3 Neutron — opened Aug 2025)as of [2] ↑ Most pads | — | — |
| Annual launches | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns | 1-5 (experimental) | 0 |
| Max payload (LEO) | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | — | — |
| First operational launch | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 | 2024-12-04as of [1]Duqm-1 experimental suborbital launch — first from a MENA commercial spaceport | 2022 |
| Regulatory regime | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement | Oman Civil Aviation Authority — Civil Aviation Directive CAD 5-01 (October 2025): evidence-based safety case, launch-window approvals in as little as 45 days, no annual cap per provider or spaceport | UK CAA under the Space Industry Act 2018 + Space Industry Regulations 2021 |
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