Spaceport
Spacecraft launching facility
A spaceport is a facility for launching spacecraft, analogous to an airport for aircraft.
Spaceports include launch pads, mission control centers, and support infrastructure: The rocket lifted off from the spaceport at dawn.
The term appears in both real-world contexts—Cape Canaveral, Baikonur—and science fiction, where spaceports serve as interplanetary terminals.
Rocket departure platform
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- control towerAviation guidance facility
- runwayPaved path for planes
terminal · fuel depot · tracking station · mission control · umbilical · crawler · blockhouse · telemetry
NASA's Atlantic coast launchpad
- VandenbergMilitary space launch facility
- GuianaNortheastern South American region
- MojaveSouthwestern American desert
- StarbaseOrbital military installation
Private rocket manufacturer
- tourismLeisure travel sector
- ticketEntry permit slip
- passengerTraveler, not operator
- Blue OriginPrivate American spaceflight company
Starship · suborbital · booking · boarding · spaceplane · reusable · fare · destination
Set into motion
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- fuelingSupplying energy source
trajectory · abort · scrub · window · clearance · T-minus · ignition · staging
Revolving around another
- interplanetaryBetween celestial bodies
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- starshipFictional interstellar vessel
generation ship · warp · hyperspace · terraforming · lightyear · extraterrestrial · customs · immigration
launchpad
Rocket departure platform
- gantryOverhead spanning framework
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- control towerAviation guidance facility
runway · terminal · fuel depot · tracking station · mission control · umbilical · crawler · blockhouse · telemetry · countdown clock
Cape Canaveral
NASA's Atlantic coast launchpad
- VandenbergMilitary space launch facility
- GuianaNortheastern South American region
- MojaveSouthwestern American desert
SpaceX
Private rocket manufacturer
Blue Origin · Starship · suborbital · booking · boarding · spaceplane · reusable · fare · destination · departure lounge
launch
Set into motion
fueling · trajectory · abort · scrub · window · clearance · T-minus · ignition · staging · separation
orbital
Revolving around another
- interplanetaryBetween celestial bodies
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
starship · generation ship · warp · hyperspace · terraforming · lightyear · extraterrestrial · customs · immigration · interstellar
- borderlandsborderland, borderlands, border, border zone, border region
Spaceportseaport
Coastal city with docks
airport · harbor · train station · bus terminal · marina
Spaceportunderground bunker
Reinforced subterranean refuge
subway entrance · cave mouth · basement · cellar · catacombs
space, port, spaces, spaced, spacing, spacer, spacey, spacecraft, spaceship