spaceport

noun

space·port ˈspās-ˌpȯrt

: an installation for testing and launching spacecraft

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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 Once the storm plowed into the Atlantic, teams returned to the spaceport to continue preparations and reschedule the launch. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 The Blue Origin spaceport is in Van Horn, for example, a West Texas town with about 2,000 people, just larger than the staff of an Amazon fulfillment center. —

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