spaceport

noun

space·​port ˈspās-ˌpȯrt How to pronounce spaceport (audio)
: an installation for testing and launching spacecraft

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That second factor had to do with all the work, the heavy lifting, MLS has done to date, to build a spaceport from the ground up. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025 Kim, who has only embarked on 10 foreign trips since assuming power in 2011, last left his isolated country in 2023 to meet Putin at a remote spaceport in Russia’s far east. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 Reforming federal, state, and local regulatory barriers to new spaceports for launching and receiving spacecraft. Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The launch center at Malbusca is one of a number of spaceports being established in Europe — including SaxaVord off the coast of Scotland, Andøya Spaceport in Norway and Esrange in northern Sweden — to provide new options for access to space for the continent. Andrew Jones, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spaceport

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First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spaceport was in 1930

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“Spaceport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceport. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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spaceport

noun
space·​port ˈspā-ˌspō(ə)rt How to pronounce spaceport (audio)
-ˌspȯ(ə)rt
: a place for testing and launching spacecraft

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