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Algeria	Ha= Centre interarm�es d�essais d�engins sp�ciaux (CIEES), Hammaguir Reg= Reggane, Adrar Province
Antarctica	DdU= Dumont d'Urville Station, Terre Adelie † Mat= Base Aerea Teniente Benjamin Matienzo, Nunatak Larsen † McM= McMurdo Station, Ross Ice Shelf, New Zealand Antarctic Territory † Mol= Molodezhnaya Station, Enderby Land, Australian Antarctic Territory Rot= Rothera Research Station, British Antarctic Territory † Sip= Siple Station, Ellsworth Land † Sho= Showa Station (Syowa Station), East Ongul Island, Queen Maud Land † VcM= Vicecomodoro Marambio Station, Seymour Island, Graham Land †
Antigua and Barbuda	Ant= Antigua Air Force Station, Antigua †
Argentina	Cha= Centro de Ensayo y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados (CELPA), Chamical, La Rioja LPa= Las Palmas, Chaco † Mal= Malacara Space Port, Buenos Aires province MCh= CELPA Atlantica (CELAT), Mar Chiquita, Buenos Aires PB= Base Naval Puerto Belgrano, Punta Alta, Coronel Rosales Partido, Buenos Aires province PdI= Puente del Inca, Mendoza † PIn= Polo Espacial Punta Indio, Capetina, Buenos Aires Province † Ser= Poligono de Salinas Grandes, Serrezuela, Cordoba † Tar= Tartagal, Salta † VR= Villa Reynolds Air Base, Mercedes, San Luis province †
Australia	AnP= Anna Plains, Western Australia † Arn= Arnhem Space Center, Northern Territory † Car= Carnarvon Quobba Site, Western Australia † CaN= Carnarvon North Site, Western Australia † Koo= Koonibba Test Range, Koonibba, South Australia Lan= Lancelin, Perth, Western Australia † Too= Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, Toowoomba, Queensland Wha= Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, Sleaford, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Wo= Woomera Instrumented Range, Woomera, South Australia
Bahamas	WC= Walker's Cay, Bahama Islands †
Barbados	Bar= Barbados, Windward Islands †
Bermuda	Ber= NASA Bermuda, Kindley AFB, Coopers Island †
Bulgaria	Akh= Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station, Akhtopol †
Brazil	Al= Alcantara Space Center (CLA) BdI= Centro de Lancamento da Barreira do Inferno (CLBI), Natal, Rio Grande N Cas= Cassino, Rio Grande Do Sul †
Canada	Can= Spaceport Nova Scotia, Canso-Hazel Hill area, Nova Scotia CoL= Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta † CP= Cape Parry, PIN Main DEW, Inuvik Region, Northwest Territory † EQ= East Quoddy, Nova Scotia † FC= Churchill Research Range, Fort Churchill, Manitoba Gil= Gillam, Manitoba † HB= FOX-MAIN DEW site, Hall Beach, Nunavut † Pri= Primrose Lake, Alberta RL= Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario † Res= Resolute Bay, Magnetic North Pole Station, Cornwallis Island, Nunavut † SEn= Southend, Saskatchewan †
China	Alx= Alxa Left Banner Airport, Inner Mongolia † Hai= Haikou Space Center (China Academy of Sciences Hainan Danzhou Sounding Rocket Unit), Hainan HCS= Hainan Commercial Spaceport, Hainan Jq= Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia Lao= Laogang, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo † Shi= Shijiedu (Base 603), Anhui, Zhongguo † TY= Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), Wuzhai, Shanxi We= Wenchang Space Launch Center (WSLC), Hainan Xi= Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan
Cook Islands	Rut= Rutaki, Rarotonga †
France	Bis= Centre d'Essais de Landes, Biscarosse, Landes CdS= Camp de Suippes, Marne IdL= Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux (CERES), Ile du Levant, Var LeC= Le Cardonnet, Montpelier † Ko= Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou, French Guiana Ver= Vernon, Eure †
Germany	Cux= Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen † GO= Greifswalder Oie, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Pe= Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenem�nde, Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Zin= Truppen�bungsplatz Zingst, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Greece	Kor= Koroni, Peloponnese NKa= Nissaki-Karystos, Euboea †
Greenland	SS= S�ndre Str�mfjord † Th= Thule AFB, Halvo †
Guam	Gu= Andersen AFB ?, Guam †
Iceland	Lng= Langanes † Vik= Vik, Myrdalsandir †
India	Sr= Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota Space Center), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh Thu= Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station (TERLS), Trivandrum, Kerala WhI= Integrated Test Range (ITR Balasore Range), Wheeler Island (Abdul Kalam Island), Chandipur, Orissa
Indonesia	Pam= STASPRO Pameungpeuk site, Java
International	SL= Sea Launch Platform, Pacific Ocean near Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
Iran	Sem= Semnan Satellite Launch Center, Semnan province Shr= Shahroud Missile Test Site, Tehran province
Iraq	AA= Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province
Israel	Pa= Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim
Italy	SdQ= Salto di Quirra (Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze, PISQ) (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna SM= San Marco Launch Complex, Formosa Bay
Japan	Aki= Akita Rocket Range (ATC), Akita, Honshu Ka= Kagoshima Space Center / Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu Kii= Space Port Kii, Kii, Wakayama Nii= Niijima, Izu archipelago Oba= Obachi, Aomori, Honshu † Oit= Oita Airport, Kunisaki, Oita Ryo= Ryori, Sanrikucho Ta= Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima Tai= Taiki-cho, Hiroo-gun, Hokkaido
Kazakhstan	Ba= Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam Che= SP-5 Tactical missile site, Chelkar, Aktyubinsk Der= Derzhavinsk missile site Emb= Emba test range † Mkt= Makat tactical missile base, Atyrau, Kazakstan Sar= Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash SOz= Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan
Kerguelen Islands	Ker= Kerguelen Range, Port-Aux-Francais †
Libya	Taw= Camp Tawiwa, Sebha Oasis, Jarmash
Lebanon	Db= Dbayeh launch site, Dbayeh
Maldives	Gan= Gan Island, Addu Atoll †
Marshall Islands	Aur= Aur Atoll launch site, Bigen Island, Aur Atoll † Bik= Pacific Proving Grounds, Bikini Island † En= Eniwetok Proving Grounds (EPG), Eniwetok Atoll † Kw= Kwajalein Island, Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), Bucholz Army Airfield, US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Me= Meck Island, Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), Kwajalein Om= Omelek Island, Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), Kwajalein RN= Roi-Namur, Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), Kwajalein
Mauretania	Nou= Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou †
Mexico	SIx= Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit †
Mongolia	Sai= Sainshand meteorological rocket station, Sainshand, Dornogovi †
New Zealand	BF= Birdling's Flat, Kaitorete Spit, Canterbury, South Island † CKa= Cape Karikari, North Island † GMI= Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu) † OnS= Onenui Station, Mahia, Wairoa, North Island
Norway	And= Andøya Space Center (Andøya Rocket Range), Andøya, Nordland AnS= Andøya Spaceport, Andøya, Nordland Mar= Marka Range, Lista † Sva= Svalbard Rocket Range (SvalRak), Ny Ålesund, Svalbard
North Korea	Hod= Hodo peninsula, Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province Iha= Iha-ri Vehicle Testing and Driver Training Facility, North P�yongan Province † Kal= Kalma Airport, Wonsan County, Kangwon Province † Mup= Mupyong-ni, No. 65 Factory, Chagang Province † PaA= Panghyon Aircraft Factory, Kusong County, North P’yŏngan Province † Pan= Panghyon Air Base, Kusong County, North P’yŏngan Province † Puk= Pukchang airfield, South P�yongan Province † Pyo= Pyongsong, ? † Sin= Sinpo Shipyard, South Hamgyong Province So= Sŏhae Satellite Center, Ch’ŏlsan County, North P’yŏngan Province Sin= Sinpo Shipyard, South Hamgyong Province To= Tonghae (Musudan-ri), Hwadae County, Hamgyong Province Yph= Lake Yonpung-ho, South P’yŏngan Province †
Oman	Etl= Etlaq Spaceport, Duqm Province, Al Wusta Governorate
Pakistan	Son= Sonmiani Range, Sonmiani Beach, Baluchistan Til= Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab
Panama	FSh= Fort Sherman, Panama Canal Zone †
Peru	Chi= Chilca Launch Range, Punta Lobos, Lima
Poland	Leb= Leba (Ustka), Slupsk
Puerto Rico	Ram= Ramey AFB, Aguadilla † Tor= Camp Tortuguero, Vega Baja, Arecibo
South Africa	Ov= Overberg Test Range (Overberg Toersbaan), Arniston, Waenhuiskrans, Western Cape
South Korea	Anh= Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo Jej= Jeju Island Launch Platform, Jeju-Do Na= Naro Space Center, Goheung County, South Jeolla
Spain	EA= Estacion de sondeos atmosfericos de El Arenosillo, Huelva Ga= Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria †
Suriname	Cor= Coronie †
Sweden	Es= ESRANGE, Kiruna Kro= Kronog�rd, Jokkmokk, Norrbottens L�n Nau= Nausta, Jokkmokk, Norrbottens L�n †
Taiwan	JP= Jiu Peng Air Base, Pingtung, Formosa Ttg= ?, Taitung County
T�rkiye (Turkey)	Sio= Sinop
Turks and Caicos Islands	GTI= Grand Turk Auxiliary AFB, Grand Turk Island †
UK	Ab= Aberporth Range, Aberporth, Cardigan, Wales AMh= A�Mhoine, Sutherland, Scotland Asc= Ascension Island, South Atlantic Nq= Spaceport Cornwall, Newquay, Cornwall, England SUi= Royal Artillery Guided Weapons Range, South Uist, Hebrides SxV= SaxaVord Spaceport, Unst, Shetland Islands
USA	BaI= Barter Island, Alaska † BC= Starbase (SpaceX South Texas Launch Site) , Boca Chica, Texas BM= Black Mesa, Blanding, Utah BR= Black Rock Desert, Nevada † CC= Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida CCK= NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida CSB= Cape San Blas (Eglin AFB), Cape San Blas, Florida CL= Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California CR= Blue Origin West Texas Launch Site, Corn Ranch, Van Horn, Culberson County, Texas Ed= Edwards AFB, California Egl= Eglin AFB, Florida EgS= Eglin AFB, Santa Rosa Island, Florida FB= Fort Bliss Hueco Range, Texas FBG= Fort Bliss McGregor Range, Texas FG= Fort Greely, Alaska FWa= Fort Wainwright, Alaska † FW= Fort Wingate, New Mexico FY= Fort Yukon, Alaska † GiB= Gilson Butte, Utah GR= Green River, Utah Ho= Holloman Air Development Center, New Mexico In= Inyokern Airfield, Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California † JI= Johnston Island, Pacific Kau= Kauai Test Facility (KTF) (Pacific Missile Range Facility), Barking Sands, Kauai Kew= Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan Kd= Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska (Kodiak Launch Complex), Kodiak Island, Narrow Cape, Alaska Ma= Matagorda Island, Texas † Mer= Mercury, Area 23, Nevada Test Site, Nevada † MG= SpaceX McGregor Test Site, McGregor, Texas Mo= Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave, California Nin= Ninigret State Park (Charlestown NAAS), Charlestown, Rhode Island † NTS= Sandia Wahmonie Launch Facility, Area 26, Nevada Test Site, Nevada † PBa= Point Barrow, Alaska † PHH= Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii † PM= Naval Missile and Astronautics Center, Point Mugu, California PF= Poker Flat Research Range, Fairbanks, Alaska Qu= Queets, Olympic Peninsula, Washington † SA= Spaceport America (SouthWest Regional Spaceport), Truth or Consequences, New Mexico SC= San Clemente Island, Pacific Missile Range, California SN= San Nicolas Island, Pacific Missile Range, California Shb= Sheboygan, Wisconsin † She= Eareckson Air Station, Shemya Island, Alaska Ton= Tonopah Test Range, Nevada Va= Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Wa= Wake Island WI= Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia WI= Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, Virginia WS= White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
USSR / Russia	Ach= Achinsk missile base Ba= Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam Be= Bershet missile base Do= Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orenburgskaya Oblast' Dro= Drovyanaya, Chitinsk oblast Kan= Kansk Kar= Kartaly missile base Kat= Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan Kos= Kostroma missile base Kra= Krasnoyarsk missile site KY= Kapustin Yar (GTsP-4, GTsMP-4), Volgograd Mak= Makhachkala missile base, Makhachkala, Dagestan Nov= Novosysoyevka missile base NT= Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Verhknaya Salda Nyo= Nyonoksa Test Range OKh= Ostrov Kheysa (Ernst Krenkel Observatory), Ostrov Kheysa, Franz Josef Land Oms= Omsk missile site Ord= Ordzhonikidze missile base, Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz), South Ossetia Pl= Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP) Sal= Salekhard missile base, Yamalo-Nenets SoG= Sovetskaya Gavan Sv= Svobodniy (GIK-2), Amurskaya Oblast' Tat= Tatishchevo Missile Base Tey= Teykovo Missile Base Tik= Tiksi Hydrometeorological Observatory, Sakha Republic Uzh= Uzhur missile site Vla= Vladimirovka Poligon Vo= Vostochniy, Amurskaya Oblast' Vor= Vorkuta Sovetskiy, Vorkuta, Komi Republic Ya= Yasnaya missile base, Chita Oblast Yur= Yurya missile site
Uzbekistan	Kat= Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region, Uzbekistan
Zaire	Sh= Shaba North, Kapani Tonneo, Shaba

Note: The countries given in this table are the current countries, where the launch site is situated. At the time of the launches, in some cases they might have been part of another country.

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	All completed	Orbital (completed)	Suborbital (completed)	Missile (completed)
	All temporary	Orbital (temporary)	Suborbital (temporary)	Missile (temporary)
	All projects	Orbital (Project)	Suborbital (Project)	Missile (Project)
	All cancelled	Orbital (Cancelled)	Suborbital (Cancelled)	Missile (Cancelled)
† = temporary launch site with minimum infrastructure