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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Xichang Satellite Launch Center 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Andoya Spaceport 🇳🇴 Norway Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Etlaq Spaceport 🇴🇲 Oman Active · Last updated 2026-06-12Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force | Andoya Space | National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM) |
| Ownership | Military | State Enterprise | Private |
| Region | 🇨🇳 China | 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇴🇲 Oman |
| Launch pads | 3 active (LC-2, LC-3 Long March 3A/3B/3C; LC-4 Long March 3B upgrades)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 2 sounding rocket rails; 1 orbital pad (Spectrum — first flight March 2025)as of [1] | — |
| Annual launches | ~15as of [1] | 6–10 suborbitalas of [1]Orbital launches pending; sounding rocket campaigns only through 2026 | 1-5 (experimental) |
| Max payload (LEO) | 11,500 kg to GTO (Long March 3B/E)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | suborbital only (< 1,000 kg payload to apogee)as of [1]Orbital LV commercial contracts under negotiation as of Q1 2026 | — |
| First operational launch | 1984-01-29as of [1]China's first GTO orbital launch; first commercial GEO satellite (AsiaSat-1) 1990 | 1962-08-18as of [1]First sounding rocket from Andøya Island; orbital capability planned late 2020s | 2024-12-04as of [1]Duqm-1 experimental suborbital launch — first from a MENA commercial spaceport |
| Regulatory regime | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) | Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry & Fisheries + Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA); aligned with EASA airspace coordination | 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 |
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