Editing Spaceport

A '''spaceport''' or '''cosmodrome''' (Russian: ''космодром'') is a site for launching (or receiving) [[spacecraft]], by analogy with seaport for ships or airport for aircraft.  The word ''spaceport'', and even more so ''cosmodrome'', has traditionally been used for sites capable of launching spacecraft into [[orbit]] around Earth or on interplanetary trajectories. However, rocket launch sites for purely [[sub-orbital]] flights are sometimes called spaceports, as in recent years new and proposed sites for suborbital human flights have been frequently referred to or named 'spaceports'. 

The term '''rocket launch site''' is used for any facility from which rockets are launched. It may contain one or more [[launch pad]]s or suitable sites to mount a transportable launch pad. It is typically surrounded by a large safety area, often called a '''rocket range''' or '''missile range'''. The range includes the area over which launched rockets are expected to fly, and within which some components of the rockets may land. Tracking stations are sometimes located in the range to assess the progress of the launches.

Major spaceports often include more than one '''launch complex''', which can be rocket launch sites adapted for different types of [[launch vehicle]]s. (These sites can be well-separated for safety reasons.) For launch vehicles with liquid propellant, suitable storage facilities and, in some cases, production facilities are necessary. On-site processing facilities for solid propellants are also common.

A spaceport may also include [[runway]]s for takeoff and landing of aircraft to support spaceport operations, or to enable support of [[HTHL]] or [[HTVL]] winged launch vehicles.

==Spaceports with achieved human or satellite launches==

*[[Baikonur]] Cosmodrome 
*[[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]], Florida, USA
*[[Vandenberg]] Air Force Base, California, USA
*[[Wallops Flight Facility]], Virginia, USA 
*[[Kapustin Yar]] Cosmodrome, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
*[[Edwards]] AFB, California, USA
*[[Hammaguira|Hammaguir]] French Special Weapons Test Centre, Algeria
*[[Plesetsk]] Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
*[[San Marco]] platform, Broglio Space Centre, Malindi, Kenya
*[[Kennedy Space Center]], Florida, USA
*[[Woomera]] Prohibited Area, South Australia 
*[[Kagoshima|Uchinoura]] Space Center, Japan
*[[Kourou|Kourou Space Centre]], Kourou, France
*[[Jiuquan]] Satellite Launch Center, China 
*[[Sriharikota|Satish Dhawan Space Centre]] (SHAR), Andhra Pradesh, India
*[[Xichang]] Satellite Launch Center, China
*[[Tanegashima]] Space Center, Japan
*[[Taiyuan]] Satellite Launch Center, China
*[[Palmachim]] Air Force Base, Israel
*[[Svobodny]] Cosmodrome, Amur Oblast, Russia
*Delta class submarine, [[Barents Sea]]
*[[Ocean Odyssey]] mobile platform, Pacific Ocean
*[[Kodiak Launch Complex]], Alaska, USA
*[[Yasny]] Cosmodrome (Dombarovsky), Orenburg Oblast, Russia
*[[Wallops Flight Facility|Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport]] (MARS), Virginia, USA
*[[Mojave Air and Space Port]], California, USA
*[[Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site]], Marshall Islands
*[[Semnan]], Iran
*[[Sohae]], North Korea
*[[Naro Space Center]], South Korea

[[Category:Real spaceports]]