spaceport
noun
space·port ˈspās-ˌpȯrt 
: an installation for testing and launching spacecraft
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This was the eighth Falcon 9 launch from the spaceport this year. 
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 The country has lost launch contracts at its Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan. Ramin Skibba, Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 His Starship effort is currently tangled up in regulatory matters that may take months or even years to resolve, preventing SpaceX from conducting the launch tests at its South Texas spaceport that Musk had envisioned would begin soon. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022 The Long March-5B rocket, which weighs more than 1.8 million pounds, blasted off from the Wenchang spaceport on July 24 — carrying another module to China’s first permanent space station, Tiangong, which is in the process of being constructed. Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 31 July 2022 The Long March-5B rocket, which weighs more than 1.8 million pounds, blasted off from the Wenchang spaceport on July 24 - carrying another module to China's first permanent space station, Tiangong, which is in the process of being constructed. Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2022 Other companies are also making progress at the spaceport, which is located in the Gobi Desert. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 July 2022 Marking Cosmonauts’ Day — the anniversary of the Soviet Cold War triumph in which Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space — Mr. Putin used the new spaceport, the Vostochny Cosmodrome, as his stage. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 Isar is also developing a spaceport in Andøya, Norway, for its Spectrum small launch vehicle. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022 See More
Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 The country has lost launch contracts at its Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan. Ramin Skibba, Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 His Starship effort is currently tangled up in regulatory matters that may take months or even years to resolve, preventing SpaceX from conducting the launch tests at its South Texas spaceport that Musk had envisioned would begin soon. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022 The Long March-5B rocket, which weighs more than 1.8 million pounds, blasted off from the Wenchang spaceport on July 24 — carrying another module to China’s first permanent space station, Tiangong, which is in the process of being constructed. Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 31 July 2022 The Long March-5B rocket, which weighs more than 1.8 million pounds, blasted off from the Wenchang spaceport on July 24 - carrying another module to China's first permanent space station, Tiangong, which is in the process of being constructed. Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2022 Other companies are also making progress at the spaceport, which is located in the Gobi Desert. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 8 July 2022 Marking Cosmonauts’ Day — the anniversary of the Soviet Cold War triumph in which Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space — Mr. Putin used the new spaceport, the Vostochny Cosmodrome, as his stage. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 Isar is also developing a spaceport in Andøya, Norway, for its Spectrum small launch vehicle. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1930, in the meaning defined above