: an installation for testing and launching spacecraft
Examples of spaceport in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThis money will go into a fund to pay for maintenance and upgrades to infrastructure used by all launch companies at the spaceports.—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024 Visitors can check out the exhibits and shows at the space center, or take a bus tour of the spaceport.—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024 Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic reported an anomaly on its most recent flight, Galactic 06, which took place 12 days ago from a spaceport in New Mexico.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024 Currently there are six existing spaceports throughout Florida, two of which are the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center which are federally owned.—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024 Kim with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at a Russian spaceport in September.—Stella Kim, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2024 The infrastructure and workforce at the Florida spaceport could support about 150 launches in a year without any major changes, but launch activity is likely to exceed that number within a few years.—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024 Other local officials have said the spaceport could result in the area becoming a potential military target.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024 The launch on Tuesday was North Korea’s first since Kim traveled to Russia in September for a spaceport summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin during which Putin suggested that Moscow could help Pyongyang with its satellite technology.—Stella Kim, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
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