Industry leaders from Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA call for modernization of launch facilities to increase capacity

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Virgin Galactic has signed an agreement with the Italian government that brings the company a step closer to operating its suborbital spaceplanes in that country.

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HELSINKI — China launched its first Long March 12 rocket Saturday, marking an advance in its crewed moon plans and the debut of a new spaceport that will boost the […]

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A group of existing and proposed spaceports are joining forces to share lessons learned and potentially develop standards for launch facilities around the world.

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A spaceport in the Shetland Islands expects to soon be ready to host the first vertical orbital launch from U.K. soil.

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The Spaceport Company received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to advance the development of a mobile, ocean-going launch platform

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The Dominican Republic has kicked off a study into the feasibility of setting up a commercial spaceport near the equator.

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A newly-completed launch pad on China’s Hainan island could increase China’s access to space, boosting national constellation projects and commercial launch plans.

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A launch facility under development in the Shetland Islands has become the first licensed vertical spaceport in the United Kingdom, although exactly when it will host its first launch remains uncertain.

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The governments of Australia and the United States have signed an agreement that could allow American rockets to launch from Australian spaceports, although it is unclear how much demand there is for them.

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China has broken ground on a new launch pad dedicated to commercial solid rockets to help boost access to launch facilities.

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Two companies have demonstrated the ability to conduct launches from a floating platform in U.S. territorial waters, a concept that could help address congestion at terrestrial launch sites.

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Small launch vehicle developer Orbex says that it has started construction on its launch site in northern Scotland, but remains guarded about when it plans to start launching from there.

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Swedish and European officials inaugurated what they called mainland Europe’s first orbital launch site Jan. 13, but it’s unclear who will launch from the facility and when.

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Voters in a Georgia county have dealt a potentially fatal blow to a proposed spaceport, a move that may provide lessons for other prospective spaceports.

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State and local authorities pushing new projects seem undeterred by many obstacles or the fact that more than half of 13 FAA-licensed spaceports in the United States have yet to host a launch.

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The Federal Aviation Administration awarded a license Dec. 20 to a proposed commercial launch site in Georgia, but that facility still faces legal and business challenges.

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The new head of Virginia’s commercial spaceport on Wallops Island says he wants to increase launch activity at the site, while acknowledging that there are limits as to how big it can grow.

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The coastal cities of Ningbo and Wenchang are planning construction of Chinese commercial spaceports to meet growing demand for launch in China.

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China is to establish a commercial spaceport in the coming years to support the rapid growth of private space activities in the country.

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Proponents of a proposed Georgia launch site remain optimistic they will win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration despite another delay in the environmental review process.

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As launch activity grows on the Eastern Range in Florida, companies and government agencies are looking at ways to add capacity, largely through incremental improvements.

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Virgin Orbit announced April 2 it has identified an airport in Japan as a potential site for launch operations, joining airports in the United States and Great Britain as hosts for the air-launch company.

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A Florida airport is making progress on a long-running effort to obtain a commercial spaceport license despite a lack of customers for the facility.

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