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Country | Location | Coordinates | Operational date | Number of rocket launches | Heaviest rocket launched | Highest achieved altitude | Notes |
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Marshall Island | Omelek | 9°02′53″N 167°44′35″E / 9.048167°N 167.743083°E / 9.048167; 167.743083 (Omelek) | 1950s- | 39 000 kg | Orbital | ICBM base converted for satellites. SpaceX, Falcon. Close to the equator. | |
Ocean Odyssey complex | Mobile | 1999– | 30 | 462 000 kg | Orbital | Mobile satellite launch platform operated by Sea Launch. Uses a converted oil platform that plies between Long Beach, California, where a Zenit-3SL rocket is collected, and the equator, where the rocket is launched. | |
Russian Delta class submarines | Mobile | 1998– | 2 | 30 000 kg | Orbital | Launch of unmanned satellites into Earth orbit via converted SLBM missile Shtil from the Barents Sea. |
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