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spaceport
[speys-pawrt, -pohrt]
noun
a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.
spaceport
/ ˈɪˌɔː /
noun
a base equipped to launch, maintain, and test spacecraft
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spaceport1
Example Sentences
There’s also a spaceport, a haunted house and a re-creation of London’s Tower Bridge.
SaxaVord Spaceport said all safety protocols were fully observed and the site was evacuated prior to the test, leaving no staff at risk.
A rocket launch from the UK's new spaceport in Shetland has been delayed following a dramatic explosion.
Cornwall Spaceport was the UK's first licensed spaceport, however its rockets are launched horizontally, carried by an aircraft.
It was to be the first fully-licensed spaceport in Western Europe able to launch vertically into orbit.
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