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Over 70 licensed launch facilities now operate globally — 20 commissioned since 2020.
| Attribute | Andoya Spaceport 🇳🇴 Norway Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Xichang Satellite Launch Center 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | |
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| Operator | ISC Kosmotras (defunct) / Russian Strategic Rocket Forces | Andoya Space | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force |
| Ownership | Military | State Enterprise | Military |
| Region | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇨🇳 China |
| Launch pads | — | 2 sounding rocket rails; 1 orbital pad under developmentas of [1] | 3 active (LC-2, LC-3 Long March 3A/3B/3C; LC-4 Long March 3B upgrades)as of [1] ↑ Most pads |
| Annual launches | 0 | 6–10 suborbitalas of [1]Orbital launches pending; sounding rocket campaigns only through 2026 | ~15as of [1] |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | suborbital only (< 1,000 kg payload to apogee)as of [1]Orbital LV commercial contracts under negotiation as of Q1 2026 | 11,500 kg to GTO (Long March 3B/E)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1999 | 1962-08-18as of [1]First sounding rocket from Andøya Island; orbital capability planned late 2020s | 1984-01-29as of [1]China's first GTO orbital launch; first commercial GEO satellite (AsiaSat-1) 1990 |
| Regulatory regime | Russian Ministry of Defence + Roscosmos; commercial operations ceased after Russia-Ukraine cooperation collapse 2014/2022 | Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry & Fisheries + Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA); aligned with EASA airspace coordination | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) |
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