The space adventure > Others space centers
Many space centers exist in the world is currently in use for testing launcher or put in orbit, or having worked in the past but now unused. The map above is the inventory.
Rules of very strict security governing the implementation of a spaceport: the explosion of launchers, premature fallout, manufacture and storage of fuels require removal of populations. In addition, a situation close to the equator is favorable to put in orbit, which explains the floating plants in the middle of the ocean.
1: Woomera, Australia 2: Jiuquan, China 3: Xichang, China 4: Taiyuan, China 5: Kourou, French Guiana 6: Hammaguir, Algeria/France 7: Satish Dhawan, India 8: San Marco Platform, Kenya, Italy/USA 9: Kagoshima, Japan 10: Tanegashima, Japan 11: Musudan-Ri, North Korea 12: Baikonour, Russia 13: Plesetsk, Russia 14: Kapustin Yar, Russia 15: Svobodny, Russia |
16: Dombarovsky, Russia 17: Mer de Barentz 18: Sea Launch, USA/Russia/Norway 19: Cape Canaveral, USA 20: Kennedy Center, USA 21: Vandenberg AFB, USA 22: Edwards AFB, USA 23: China Lake AFB, USA 24: Wallops Flight Facility, USA 25: Kodiak Launch Complex, USA 26: Kwajalein Atoll, USA 27: Alcantara, Brazil 28: Palmachim Air Base, Israel 29: Gando Air Base, USA/Spain |