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All of the World’s Spaceports on One Map
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Mapped: The World’s Rocket Launch Sites
From Sputnik 1 to today’s massive satellite constellations, every object in space was launched from just a handful of locations.
The map above, from BryceTech, is a comprehensive look at the world’s spaceports (both orbital and sub-orbital) as well as ballistic missile test sites.
The World’s Major Spaceports
Though the graphic above is a detailed list of many types of rocket launch sites, we’ll focus on major sites that are sending satellites and passengers into sub-orbit, orbit, and beyond.
Launch Facility | Location | Country |
---|---|---|
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Florida | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Cape Canaveral Spaceport | Florida | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Kennedy Space Center | Florida | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Cecil Field Spaceport | Florida | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Colorado Air & Space Port | Colorado | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Vandenberg Air Force Base | California | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Mojave Air and Space Port | California | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Oklahoma Air & Space Port | Oklahoma | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Poker Flat Research Range | Alaska | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Pacific Spaceport Complex | Alaska | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Spaceport America | New Mexico | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Launch Site One (Corn Ranch) | Texas | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Houston Spaceport | Texas | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Midland Air & Space Port | Texas | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
SpaceX Development and Test Facility | Texas | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
SpaceX Starbase | Texas | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Spaceport Camden | Georgia | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport | Virginia | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Wallops Flight Facility | Virginia | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Reagan Test Site | Kwajalein Atoll | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands |
Naro Space Center | Outer Naro Island | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
Sohae Satellite Launching Station | North Pyongan Province | 🇰🇵 North Korea |
Kapustin Yar | Astrakhan Oblast | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Arkhangelsk Oblast | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Vostochny Cosmodrome | Amur Oblast | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Yasny Launch Base | Orenburg Oblast | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Arnhem Space Centre | Northern Territory | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex | South Australia | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Koonibba Test Range | South Australia | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Bowen Orbital Spaceport | Queensland | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Wairoa District | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Baikonur Cosmodrome | Baikonur | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
Space Port Oita | Ōita | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Tanegashima Space Center | Kagoshima | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Uchinoura Space Center | Kagoshima | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Taiki Aerospace Research Field | Hokkaido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Hokkaido Spaceport | Hokkaido | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Ryori Launch Site | Iwate | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Sonmiani Satellite Launch Center | Balochistan | 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
Integrated Test Range | Odisha | 🇮🇳 India |
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station | Kerala | 🇮🇳 India |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre | Sriharikota | 🇮🇳 India |
Guiana Space Centre | Kourou | 🇬🇫 French Guiana |
Barreira do Inferno Launch Center | Rio Grande do Norte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Alcântara Space Center | Maranhão | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Stasiun Peluncuran Roket | West Java | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | Gansu Province | 🇨🇳 China |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Shanxi Province | 🇨🇳 China |
Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site | Hainan Province | 🇨🇳 China |
Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Sichuan Province | 🇨🇳 China |
Palmachim Airbase | Central District | 🇮🇱 Israel |
Imam Khomeini Space Launch Terminal | Semnan | 🇮🇷 Iran |
Qom Lauch Facility | Qom | 🇮🇷 Iran |
El Arenosillo Test Centre | Huelva | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Spaceport Sweden | Lapland | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
Esrange Space Center | Lapland | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
Andøya Space | Nordland | 🇳🇴 Norway |
SaxaVord Spaceport | Shetland Islands | 🇬🇧 UK |
Sutherland Spaceport | Sutherland | 🇬🇧 UK |
Western Isles Spaceport | Outer Hebrides | 🇬🇧 UK |
Spaceport Machrihanish | Campbeltown | 🇬🇧 UK |
Prestwick Spaceport | Glasgow | 🇬🇧 UK |
Snowdonia Spaceport | North West Wales | 🇬🇧 UK |
Spaceport Cornwall | Cornwall | 🇬🇧 UK |
Orbex LP1 | Moray | 🇬🇧 UK |
Spaceport Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Editor’s note: The above table includes all sites that are operational, as well as under construction, as of publishing date.
The list above covers fixed locations, and does not include SpaceX’s autonomous spaceport drone ships. There are currently three active drone ships—one based near Los Angeles, and the other two based at Port Canaveral, Florida.
Two of the most famous launch sites on the list are the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) and Cape Canaveral (United States). The former was constructed as the base of operations for the Soviet space program and was the launch point for Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The latter was NASA’s primary base of operations and the first lunar-landing flight was launched from there in 1969.
The global roster of spaceports has grown immensely since Baikonur and Cape Canaveral were the only game in town. Now numerous countries have the ability to launch satellites, and many more are getting in on the action.
Wenchang Space Launch Site, on the island of Hainan, is China’s newest launch location. The site recorded its first successful launch in 2016.
Location, Location
One interesting quirk of the map above is the lack of spaceports in Europe. Europe’s ambitions for space are actually launched from the Guiana Space Centre in South America. Europe’s Spaceport has been operating in French Guiana since 1968.
Low altitude launch locations near the equator are the most desirable, as far less energy is required to take a spacecraft from surface level to an equatorial, geostationary orbit.
Islands and coastal areas are also common locations for launch sites. Since the open waters aren’t inhabited, there is minimal risk of harm from debris in the event of a launch failure.
As demand for satellites and space exploration grows, the number of launch locations will continue to grow as well.
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Ranked: The World’s Top 10 Electronics Exporters (2000-2021)
Here are the largest electronics exporters by country, highlighting how electronics trade has increasingly shifted to Asia over 20 years.

Top 10 Electronics Exporters in the World (2000-2021)
From personal computers to memory chips, the electronics trade plays a vital role in the world economy. In 2021, global electronics exports reached $4.1 trillion according to McKinsey Global Institute.
This graphic shows the 10 largest electronics exporters in the world, based on data from McKinsey, and how they’ve changed since 2000.
Ranked: The Top 10 Exporters of Electronics
Which countries are the leading exporters of electronics, and how has this shifted over the last two decades?
Rank | Country | Share of Total 2021 | Share of Total 2000 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 🇨🇳 China | 34% | 9% |
2 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 11% | 6% |
3 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 7% | 5% |
4 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 5% | N/A |
5 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 5% | 5% |
6 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 4% | 13% |
7 | 🇺🇸 United States | 4% | 16% |
8 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 4% | 5% |
9 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 3% | 3% |
10 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 3% | N/A |
Other | 20% | 30% |
We can see in the above table how global electronics trade has become more concentrated in Asia, specifically China and Taiwan. As an electronics powerhouse, 34% of the world’s electronic goods in 2021 came from China, representing $1.4 trillion in value.
Home to leading firms like TSMC, Taiwan also plays a major role due to its prowess in semiconductor manufacturing—highlighting the island’s global importance.
But not all of Asia has been thriving. In 2000, Japan was a global electronics powerhouse responsible for 13% of the industry’s exports, but has seen its share shrink to 4% in 2021. The U.S. has also sheen its electronics lead shrink, with exports down from 16% of the global total in 2000 to just 4% in 2021.
Several factors have driven this shift. Instead of manufacturing electronics domestically, the U.S. has outsourced technology to countries where manufacturing, production, and labor costs are lower. However, recently, the U.S. is focusing on reshoring semiconductor production specifically given its role in national security, as seen through the $52.7 billion CHIPS Act.
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