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Launchers require a moderate amount of ground support infrastructure, including fueling, range safety and down-range tracking facillities. For this reason, there are relatively few launch sites. Most were developed initialy by governments, and include pads for many different launch vehicles. Some launchers such as the OSC Taurus, the air launched Pegasus and CIS submarine launched Shtil are designed to be less dependent on specific launch sites or geographical locations. This was demonstrated for a Pegasus launch in April 1997 for the Spanish Minisat-01, for which the launcher was shipped to the Canary Isles off the African coast and launched. Another major mobile system under development is the Boeing Sealaunch project, which aims to launch Zenit-2 derived rockets from a mobile modified oil rig. The list below offers some brief information on the major launch sites which have or at one time had the basic infrastructure for orbital launches. A more authorative list can be found on Johnathan McDowell's pages [Launch site list]
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| Launch site | Abbrev. | Location | Lat | Long | Inclination range | Description |
| Cape Canaveral Eastern Test Range |
Florida, USA | 28N27" | 80W32" | Atlas Delta STS |
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| Kenedy Space Center | KSC | Florida, USA | 28.45N | 80.55W | ||
| Spaceport Florida | Florida, USA | 28N28" | 80W32" | |||
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| Vandenberg Air Force Base Western Test Range Point Arguello |
VAFB | California, USA | 34.38"N | 120.32"W | Delta, Pegasus, Taurusm Scout | |
| Wallops Pacific Missile Range (PMR) |
Fit Facil, Virginia, USA | 37.50"N | 75.29"W | Conestoga LMLV Pegasus |
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| Spaceport Canada |
Asia
| Launch site | Abbrev. | Location | Lat | Long | Incl. | Description |
| Jiuquan Shuang Ch'eng Tsu |
JQ | China | 40.25"N 41.11"N |
99.44"E 100.316E |
CZ-2C CZ-2D |
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| Kagoshima Space Center | KASC | Uchinoura, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | 41.1N | 100.3E | H-I H-II |
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| Palmachim AFB | PALB | Israel | 31.9N | 34.7E | Shavit | |
| Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Russia, C.I.S. | 62 45N | 40 42E | 62.8-83 | Tsyclon Cosmos Molniya Soyuz |
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| Sriharikota | Sriharikota island, Andra Pradesh, India | 13.44"N | 80.14"E | ASLV, PSLV |
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| Svobodniy Cosmodrome | Eastern Russia | 51.7N | 128.0E | 51.4-70.2 | Rockot Start |
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| Tanegashima | TNSC | Tanega Island, Japan | 30.23"N | 130.58"E | N-I, H-I H-II |
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| Tyuratam Baykonyr | TB | Kazakhstan, C.I.S. | 45.6N | 63.4E | Cosmos Proton Zenit |
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| Taiyuan | TYSC | China | 37.8N | 111.5 | ||
| Xichang | China | 28.1N | 102.3E | CZ-2E CZ-3A |
Australia
| Launch site | Abbrev. | Location | Lat | Long | Incl. | Description |
| Woomara | WOO | Southern Australia. | 31S06" | 136E48" | disused |
South America
| Launch site | Abbrev. | Location | Lat | Long | Incl. | Description |
| Centre Spacial Guianais | CSG | Kourou, French Guiana. | 05N 12" | 52W 44" | Diamant, Ariane | |
| Alcantara | ALCA | Maranhao, Brazil | 02S17" | 44W23" | VLS |
Africa
| Launch site | Abbrev. | Location | Lat | Long | Incl. | Description |
| Hammaguir | HMG | Algeria | 30N54" | 03W05" | Disused, early use by the French | |
| San Marco Equatorial Range | Mobile range off Formosa Bay, Ngomeni, Malindi, Kenya | 02S56 | 40E13 | Disused, early use of Scout |
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