Recent Activity
Project formally inactive since March 2022 referendum; FAA license lapsed; no public reactivation efforts as of 2026.
Investor Brief
Cautionary case study in U.S. commercial spaceport development — a decade of investment killed by a single voter referendum. Useful as a baseline for environmental-review and community-consent risk when evaluating other proposed sites.
Ownership
Parent Entity
Regulatory Regime
Latitude Advantage
Launch Azimuth Range
Employees
Country
🇺🇸United States
Region
North America
Established
2,015
Launches / Year
0
Years Active
11
Strategic Position
30.7600° N, 81.5611° W
Azimuth: Originally proposed 92°–110° easterly Atlantic; never operational
30.8°N — would have offered a moderate easterly Atlantic boost similar to Wallops, but the site never flew.
About
Spaceport Camden was a proposed vertical-launch orbital spaceport on the Georgia coast targeting small- and medium-lift commercial rockets. After more than a decade of development and over $11 million in county investment, the project was canceled in March 2022 when a Camden County voter referendum rejected the land purchase 73% to 27%. The FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License (granted December 2021) was subsequently allowed to lapse. The site never hosted a launch.
Key Features
FAA-AST Launch Site Operator License granted December 2021 (expired post-cancellation)
Project canceled March 2022 by 73% voter referendum against land purchase
$11M+ Camden County public investment before cancellation
Targeted vertical small/medium-lift orbital launchers (Astra, ABL projected)
Site environmental review (EIS) faced 7+ years of public opposition
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
None — site never operational
Astra and ABL Space Systems were projected user-base, never under contract