spaceport

noun

space·port ˈspās-ˌpȯrt

: an installation for testing and launching spacecraft

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Scheduled for Friday, November 22, the New Shepard rocket-capsule system will lift off from the company's West Texas spaceport during a launch window starting at 10:30 a.m. EST. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Starbase is the company's spaceport located in Boca Chica. —

Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024 Once Milton barreled its way out of the state, NASA and SpaceX teams returned to inspect the launch site at the spaceport in Cape Canaveral before later giving a green light for the craft to return to the launchpad ahead of Monday's launch. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 Starbase is one of four spaceports in the state – only Florida, with six, has more – and is home to 18 of the 20 largest aerospace manufacturing companies in the world, according to Texas 2036, a nonpartisan public policy think tank. —

Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spaceport