Launching base

A launching base , in the field of the Astronautics, is a place where is joined together one or more whole of launching, average logistics and the installations allowing the follow-up of the first phases of flight of an aerospace vehicle and the implementation of the safeguard measures.

The term of together of launching indicates part of launching base, including/understanding the specific installations intended for the preparation, the tests and the launching of an aerospace vehicle.

The corresponding terms in English are arranges and launch bases .

Launching bases in the world

North America

Cap Canaveral, the United States
Vandenberg Air Force Bases, the United States
Launching center Kodiak, Alaska, the United States
space Port of Mojave, the United States
space Port of Oklahoma, the United States (1st flight for space tourism in 2008)
Southwest Regional Spaceport, the United States (in construction)
Wallops Island, the United States

South America

Launching center of Alcântara,
Guianese Space center, French Guiana, France

Asia

Cosmodrome de Baïkonour, Kazakhstan, Russia
space Port of Jiuquan, China
Launching center of satellites of Taiyuan, China
Launching center of satellites of XiChang, China
Space center of Tanegashima, Japan
Space center of Uchinoura, Japan
space Port of Christmas Island, Australia (proposed)
Space center Satish Dhawan, India
Launching base of Singapore, Singapore (proposed)
Launching base of Short-nap cloth Al Khaimah, (proposed)
Launching base of Korea, (in construction)

At sea

Sea Launch, pertaining to a private grouping
Platform San Marco, the United States and Italy

Europe

Reference

Right French: decree of the February 20th 1995 relating to the terminology of sciences and space technology.

See too

List of the articles relating to astronautics

External bond

principal launching bases in the world

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