🇺🇸Spaceport America
Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Country
🇺🇸 United States
Region
North America
Established
2011
Launches / Year
5-10
Coordinates
32.9903° N, 106.9747° W
About
Spaceport America is the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, located in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin of southern New Mexico. It serves as the operational headquarters for Virgin Galactic's suborbital space tourism flights and has hosted numerous vertical and horizontal launch operations for commercial and research customers.
Key Features
World's first purpose-built commercial spaceport
Virgin Galactic's home base for SpaceShipTwo suborbital tourism flights
18,000-foot runway supports horizontal-launch space vehicles
FAA-licensed for both vertical and horizontal launches
Located in restricted airspace with vast unpopulated downrange areas
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (2021) — Richard Branson's suborbital flight
Virgin Galactic Galactic 01 (2023) — First commercial suborbital flight
SpinLaunch suborbital accelerator test flights
UP Aerospace suborbital research missions
Multiple sounding rocket launches for NASA and DoD