The first real spaceport was opened in 1955 with the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Over the last decades the number of spaceports has increased around the world up to 20 gateways to space.
Info Shymkent made an overview about all active spaceports on Earth.
| Name | Country | Launches in 2019 | Launches in 2020 | Launches in 2021 | Launches in 2022 | Launches in 2023 | Launches in 2024 | Launches in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andøya Space Cente | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Baikonur Cosmodrome | Kazakhstan / Russia | 13 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station | USA | 13 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 63 | 35 |
| Guiana Space Centre | French Guiana | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Jiuquan Space Launch Center | China | 9 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 13 |
| Kennedy Space Center | USA | 3 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 13 |
| Mahia Launch Complex | New Zealand | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 |
| Mojave Air and Space Port | USA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Naro Space Center | South Corea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Omelek Island | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific Spaceport Complex | USA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Palmachim Airbase | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Russia | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Satish Dhawan Space Centre | India | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Semnan Space Center | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Shahrud Missile Test Site | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Spaceport Kii | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SpaceX Starbase | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | China | 10 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 5 |
| Tanegashima Space Center | Japan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Uchinoura Space Center | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vandenberg Air Force Base | USA | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 46 | 28 |
| Vostochny Cosmodrome | Russia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Wallops Flight Facility | USA | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Wenchang Satellite Launch Center | China | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Xichang Satellite Launch Center | China | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 9 |
| Yellow Sea Launch Platform | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |