spaceport
Sign in to savethumb|The Baikonur Cosmodrome ([[Gagarin's Start launch pad)]]
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A spaceport is a facility where rockets and spacecraft are launched into space, similar to how airports serve aircraft. The Baikonur Cosmodrome, shown here, is one of the world's major spaceports and has been the launch site for many important space missions throughout history.
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- History
- Location
- Space tourism
- With achieved vertical launches of humans
- Crewed missions failed to reach [[Kármán line]]
- With achieved satellite launches
- With achieved horizontal launches of humans to 100 km
- Beyond Earth
- Impact
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|The Baikonur Cosmodrome ([[Gagarin's Start launch pad)]]
A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word spaceport—and even more so cosmodrome—has traditionally referred to sites capable of launching spacecraft into Earth's orbit or on interplanetary trajectories. However, rocket launch sites for sub-orbital spaceflights are also sometimes called spaceports, especially as new and proposed facilities for suborbital commercial spaceflight are often branded as "spaceports". Space stations and proposed future lunar bases are also sometimes referred to as spaceports, particularly when envisioned as nodes for further interplanetary travel.