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Busiest spaceports

Launch sites ranked by orbital launch attempts.

#SpaceportLaunchesCountry
1Plesetsk1966–20261688Soviet Union
2Baikonur1957–20261560Soviet Union
3Cape Canaveral & Kennedy1957–20261402United States
4Vandenberg1959–2026939United States
5Kourou1970–2026336French Guiana
6Jiuquan1970–2026301China
7Xichang1984–2026242China
8Taiyuan1988–2026162China
9Sriharikota1979–2026103India
10Kapustin Yar1961–2008101Soviet Union
11Tanegashima1975–2026100Japan
12Mahia2017–202685New Zealand
13Wallops1960–202659United States
14Wenchang2016–202651China
15Uchinoura (Kagoshima)1966–202243Japan
16Kiritimati (Sea Launch)1999–201436Kiribati
17Vostochny1997–202526Russia
18Hainan Commercial Spaceport2024–202625China
19Yellow Sea (sea launch)2019–202621China
20Semnan2008–202516Iran
21Palmachim1988–202513Israel
22Starbase2024–202611United States
23Kwajalein2000–202610Marshall Islands
24Yasny2006–201510Russia
25San Marco1967–19889Kenya
26Sea launch platforms1998–20269China
27Kodiak2001–20239United States
28Naro2009–20268South Korea
29Sohae2012–20247North Korea
30China Lake1958–19586United States
31Woomera1967–19716Australia
32Shahroud2020–20246Iran
33Edwards AFB1990–19945United States
34Mojave2020–20225United States
35Hammaguir1965–19674Algeria
36Alcantara1997–20254Brazil
37Kii2024–20263Japan
38Tonghae1998–20092North Korea
39Andøya2025–20262Norway
40East China Sea (sea launch)2026–20262China
41Gando1997–19971Spain
42Kauai2015–20151United States
43TYSC?2021–20211China
44Newquay2023–20231United Kingdom
45Jeju (sea launch)2023–20231South Korea
46Bowen2025–20251Australia

Sources: GCAT (CC BY 4.0) for launches; Wikidata (CC0) for people.