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In September of 2023 Presidents Kim Jong Un and Vladmir Putin met in Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome—a Russian spaceport.
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Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
An agreement between the United States and Sweden brings Firefly Aerospace one step closer to launching its Alpha rocket from a Swedish spaceport, Space News reports.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Since its opening in 2015, Gilmour Space has grown to over 200 employees supporting their operations on Queensland's Gold Coast, where the company developed its spaceport and launch vehicle almost entirely from domestic resources, touting an Australian supply chain network of over 300 companies.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 May 2025
SpaceX was previously restricted to five Starship launches per year from its spaceport in Texas but gained a key approval from the FAA to increase its launch cadence earlier this month.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
An agreement between the United States and Sweden brings Firefly Aerospace one step closer to launching its Alpha rocket from a Swedish spaceport, Space News reports.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Since its opening in 2015, Gilmour Space has grown to over 200 employees supporting their operations on Queensland's Gold Coast, where the company developed its spaceport and launch vehicle almost entirely from domestic resources, touting an Australian supply chain network of over 300 companies.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 May 2025
SpaceX was previously restricted to five Starship launches per year from its spaceport in Texas but gained a key approval from the FAA to increase its launch cadence earlier this month.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 May 2025
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“Spaceport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceport. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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spaceport
noun
space·port
ˈspā-ˌspō(ə)rt 
-ˌspȯ(ə)rt
: a place for testing and launching spacecraft
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