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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.
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 May 2025
National security missions get priority on range schedules at Cape Canaveral and at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, but there are significantly more commercial missions than military launches from both spaceports.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
But both have launched flights from outside Europe, mainly at spaceports in the Americas.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Propellant was being loaded into a Long March 3B rocket at Xichang spaceport in the southwest of the country, following checks and rehearsals, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on May 26.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 May 2025
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 May 2025
National security missions get priority on range schedules at Cape Canaveral and at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, but there are significantly more commercial missions than military launches from both spaceports.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
But both have launched flights from outside Europe, mainly at spaceports in the Americas.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Propellant was being loaded into a Long March 3B rocket at Xichang spaceport in the southwest of the country, following checks and rehearsals, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on May 26.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 May 2025
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“Spaceport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceport. Accessed 1 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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