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Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Location: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Notable Launches: GLONASS satellites, Military satellites.
Kennedy Space Center
Location: Florida, USA. Notable Launches: Apollo 11, STS-1 (first Space Shuttle launch).
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
Location: Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Notable Launches: First orbital-class rocket launched from a private launch site, Electron rockets.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Location: Florida, USA. Notable Launches: Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, GPS satellite constellations.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Location: Andhra Pradesh, India. Notable Launches: Chandrayaan-1 (India's first lunar probe), Mangalyaan (Mars Orbiter Mission).
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Location: Kazakhstan. Notable Launches: Sputnik, Vostok 1 (first human spaceflight).
Sohae Satellite Launching Station
Location: North Korea. Notable Launches: Kwangmyŏngsŏng satellites.
Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Location: Sichuan, China. Notable Launches: Chang'e lunar exploration missions, Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
Tanegashima Space Center
Location: Tanegashima Island, Japan. Notable Launches: H-IIA and H-IIB rockets, Hayabusa asteroid missions.
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Location: California, USA. Notable Launches: First successful test of an ICBM, launches of polar orbit satellites.
Guiana Space Centre
Location: French Guiana. Notable Launches: Ariane 5 rockets, James Webb Space Telescope.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Location: Gansu Province, China. Notable Launches: China's first manned space mission Shenzhou 5, Chang'e lunar exploration missions.
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