Which has been the most gregarious rocket, launched from the most sites?
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Which orbital launch vehicle has been "getting around" the most? Which rocket has put things in orbit from the largest number of different launch sites?
For the purposes of this question, allow for some flexibility; adding an extra side booster doesn't necessarily make it a different rocket. Two launch adjacent launch pads don't count as different sites, but Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and KSC would be different.
Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, but use of different ports, or substantially different areas at sea would.
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Which orbital launch vehicle has been "getting around" the most? Which rocket has put things in orbit from the largest number of different launch sites?
For the purposes of this question, allow for some flexibility; adding an extra side booster doesn't necessarily make it a different rocket. Two launch adjacent launch pads don't count as different sites, but Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and KSC would be different.
Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, but use of different ports, or substantially different areas at sea would.
launch launch-site
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– Paul
Nov 7 at 1:18
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@Roger I would certainly consider that a good answer. I've mentioned that interpretation should be flexible, and launch from an airplane is something I didn't expect but it certainly fits. Launch from the Moon is at least from the surface of a body, much more of a launch site than an airplane's underbelly. I'd say just go for it in this case.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 15:26
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@Puffin I'm using something like $d_{tot}=d_{t}+d_{ap}$ where $d$ stands for distance measured in "difficulty" units. There is both transportation difficulty or $d_t$ which measures how hard and far it would be to change your mind and move a rocket from one site to the other, and administrative and programatic difficulty which is sort-of self explanatory and redundant. Looking at ...difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to change your mind at the last minute and move between sites.
– uhoh
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@Puffin How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
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@RedSonja I'd thought about working "strap-on" in there somehow, in place of "adding an extra side booster" but then I thought it just got weird.
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Which orbital launch vehicle has been "getting around" the most? Which rocket has put things in orbit from the largest number of different launch sites?
For the purposes of this question, allow for some flexibility; adding an extra side booster doesn't necessarily make it a different rocket. Two launch adjacent launch pads don't count as different sites, but Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and KSC would be different.
Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, but use of different ports, or substantially different areas at sea would.
launch launch-site
asked Nov 7 at 0:54
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Which orbital launch vehicle has been "getting around" the most? Which rocket has put things in orbit from the largest number of different launch sites?
For the purposes of this question, allow for some flexibility; adding an extra side booster doesn't necessarily make it a different rocket. Two launch adjacent launch pads don't count as different sites, but Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and KSC would be different.
Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, but use of different ports, or substantially different areas at sea would.
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I like this question and it definitely has a canonical answer as of this point in spacetime. However, I’m concerned that the answer to this question is likely to change over time. Perhaps there is a way to modify this question so that the answer withstands the test of time...
– Paul
Nov 7 at 1:18
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@Roger I would certainly consider that a good answer. I've mentioned that interpretation should be flexible, and launch from an airplane is something I didn't expect but it certainly fits. Launch from the Moon is at least from the surface of a body, much more of a launch site than an airplane's underbelly. I'd say just go for it in this case.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 15:26
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@Puffin I'm using something like $d_{tot}=d_{t}+d_{ap}$ where $d$ stands for distance measured in "difficulty" units. There is both transportation difficulty or $d_t$ which measures how hard and far it would be to change your mind and move a rocket from one site to the other, and administrative and programatic difficulty which is sort-of self explanatory and redundant. Looking at ...difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to change your mind at the last minute and move between sites.
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@Puffin How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@RedSonja I'd thought about working "strap-on" in there somehow, in place of "adding an extra side booster" but then I thought it just got weird.
– uhoh
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I like this question and it definitely has a canonical answer as of this point in spacetime. However, I’m concerned that the answer to this question is likely to change over time. Perhaps there is a way to modify this question so that the answer withstands the test of time...
– Paul
Nov 7 at 1:18
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@Roger I would certainly consider that a good answer. I've mentioned that interpretation should be flexible, and launch from an airplane is something I didn't expect but it certainly fits. Launch from the Moon is at least from the surface of a body, much more of a launch site than an airplane's underbelly. I'd say just go for it in this case.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 15:26
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@Puffin I'm using something like $d_{tot}=d_{t}+d_{ap}$ where $d$ stands for distance measured in "difficulty" units. There is both transportation difficulty or $d_t$ which measures how hard and far it would be to change your mind and move a rocket from one site to the other, and administrative and programatic difficulty which is sort-of self explanatory and redundant. Looking at ...difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to change your mind at the last minute and move between sites.
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@Puffin How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@RedSonja I'd thought about working "strap-on" in there somehow, in place of "adding an extra side booster" but then I thought it just got weird.
– uhoh
2 days ago
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I like this question and it definitely has a canonical answer as of this point in spacetime. However, I’m concerned that the answer to this question is likely to change over time. Perhaps there is a way to modify this question so that the answer withstands the test of time...
– Paul
Nov 7 at 1:18
I like this question and it definitely has a canonical answer as of this point in spacetime. However, I’m concerned that the answer to this question is likely to change over time. Perhaps there is a way to modify this question so that the answer withstands the test of time...
– Paul
Nov 7 at 1:18
1
1
@Roger I would certainly consider that a good answer. I've mentioned that interpretation should be flexible, and launch from an airplane is something I didn't expect but it certainly fits. Launch from the Moon is at least from the surface of a body, much more of a launch site than an airplane's underbelly. I'd say just go for it in this case.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 15:26
@Roger I would certainly consider that a good answer. I've mentioned that interpretation should be flexible, and launch from an airplane is something I didn't expect but it certainly fits. Launch from the Moon is at least from the surface of a body, much more of a launch site than an airplane's underbelly. I'd say just go for it in this case.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 15:26
1
1
@Puffin I'm using something like $d_{tot}=d_{t}+d_{ap}$ where $d$ stands for distance measured in "difficulty" units. There is both transportation difficulty or $d_t$ which measures how hard and far it would be to change your mind and move a rocket from one site to the other, and administrative and programatic difficulty which is sort-of self explanatory and redundant. Looking at ...difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to change your mind at the last minute and move between sites.
– uhoh
2 days ago
@Puffin I'm using something like $d_{tot}=d_{t}+d_{ap}$ where $d$ stands for distance measured in "difficulty" units. There is both transportation difficulty or $d_t$ which measures how hard and far it would be to change your mind and move a rocket from one site to the other, and administrative and programatic difficulty which is sort-of self explanatory and redundant. Looking at ...difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to change your mind at the last minute and move between sites.
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@Puffin How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
@Puffin How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@RedSonja I'd thought about working "strap-on" in there somehow, in place of "adding an extra side booster" but then I thought it just got weird.
– uhoh
2 days ago
@RedSonja I'd thought about working "strap-on" in there somehow, in place of "adding an extra side booster" but then I thought it just got weird.
– uhoh
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The Apollo Lunar Module has launched from six lunar sites:
Apollo 11 — Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 12 — Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 14 — Fra Mauro
Apollo 15 — Hadley/Apennines
Apollo 16 — Descartes
Apollo 17 — Taurus-Littrow
answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
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Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
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Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
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Nov 7 at 16:05
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Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
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Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
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Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
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Pegasus, whose carrier plane has lifted off from
- Edwards AFB
- Cape Canaveral
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Vandenberg AFB
- Kwajalein Atoll
on successful space launch missions.
answered Nov 7 at 4:16
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Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
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@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
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The Soyuz booster have been launched from:
- Baikonur
- Plesetsk
- Kourou
- Vostochny
Making it the only rocket to have been launched from 3 (4 if you count USSR) different countries and 3 different continents !
Contenders would be: the Falcon 9, launched from
- Kennedy Space Center
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Cape Canaveral
Tied with Minotaur IV and Athena 1
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Kodiak
- Cape Canaveral
answered Nov 7 at 3:33
Antzi
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you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
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@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
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Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
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For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
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Scout:
- KSC
- Vandenberg
- Wallops
San Marco platform (owned by Italy, off the coast of Kenya)
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
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yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
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Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
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The Apollo Lunar Module has launched from six lunar sites:
Apollo 11 — Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 12 — Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 14 — Fra Mauro
Apollo 15 — Hadley/Apennines
Apollo 16 — Descartes
Apollo 17 — Taurus-Littrow
answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
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Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
15
Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
– Roger
Nov 7 at 16:05
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Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
8
Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
2
Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
– Dr Sheldon
Nov 7 at 16:33
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up vote
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The Apollo Lunar Module has launched from six lunar sites:
Apollo 11 — Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 12 — Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 14 — Fra Mauro
Apollo 15 — Hadley/Apennines
Apollo 16 — Descartes
Apollo 17 — Taurus-Littrow
answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
74916
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Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
15
Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
– Roger
Nov 7 at 16:05
2
Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
8
Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
2
Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
– Dr Sheldon
Nov 7 at 16:33
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up vote
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up vote
57
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The Apollo Lunar Module has launched from six lunar sites:
Apollo 11 — Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 12 — Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 14 — Fra Mauro
Apollo 15 — Hadley/Apennines
Apollo 16 — Descartes
Apollo 17 — Taurus-Littrow
answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
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The Apollo Lunar Module has launched from six lunar sites:
Apollo 11 — Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 12 — Oceanus Procellarum
Apollo 14 — Fra Mauro
Apollo 15 — Hadley/Apennines
Apollo 16 — Descartes
Apollo 17 — Taurus-Littrow
answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
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answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
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answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
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answered Nov 7 at 15:59
Roger
74916
74916
8
Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
15
Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
– Roger
Nov 7 at 16:05
2
Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
8
Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
2
Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
– Dr Sheldon
Nov 7 at 16:33
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show 4 more comments
8
Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
15
Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
– Roger
Nov 7 at 16:05
2
Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
8
Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
2
Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
– Dr Sheldon
Nov 7 at 16:33
8
8
Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
Great! Launch sides on good-old Terra firma oh, that's Luna firma in this case. At least none of this air or water launching; these are real, solid launch sites, equipped with real launch platforms
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 16:04
15
15
Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
– Roger
Nov 7 at 16:05
Launching from a Mare scores half a point for water launch.
– Roger
Nov 7 at 16:05
2
2
Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
Super answer! +1
– Organic Marble
Nov 7 at 16:12
8
8
Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
Technically correct -- the best kind of correct! (Usually when I make this comment I don't mean it as a compliment, but this is the exception.)
– Russell Borogove
Nov 7 at 16:30
2
2
Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
– Dr Sheldon
Nov 7 at 16:33
Plus one "air" launch (Apollo 10).
– Dr Sheldon
Nov 7 at 16:33
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Pegasus, whose carrier plane has lifted off from
- Edwards AFB
- Cape Canaveral
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Vandenberg AFB
- Kwajalein Atoll
on successful space launch missions.
answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
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Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
1
@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
10 hours ago
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up vote
33
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Pegasus, whose carrier plane has lifted off from
- Edwards AFB
- Cape Canaveral
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Vandenberg AFB
- Kwajalein Atoll
on successful space launch missions.
answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
51.3k3134217
5
Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
1
@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
10 hours ago
add a comment |
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up vote
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Pegasus, whose carrier plane has lifted off from
- Edwards AFB
- Cape Canaveral
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Vandenberg AFB
- Kwajalein Atoll
on successful space launch missions.
answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
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Pegasus, whose carrier plane has lifted off from
- Edwards AFB
- Cape Canaveral
- Wallops Flight Facility
- Base Aerea de Gando, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Vandenberg AFB
- Kwajalein Atoll
on successful space launch missions.
answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
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answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
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answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
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answered Nov 7 at 4:16
Organic Marble
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51.3k3134217
5
Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
1
@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
10 hours ago
add a comment |
5
Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
1
@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
10 hours ago
5
5
Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
Aha! I totally forgot about air-launches, but indeed this jet-setting rocket certainly "gets around" quite a bit.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 4:23
1
1
@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
10 hours ago
@RonJohn I think they kinda ground ruled this out: "Launches from mobile launch platforms (on the ocean or land) shouldn't necessarily be counted as different just because each launch coordinate is slightly different, " (although air launch isn't specifically listed, I thought this applied)
– Organic Marble
10 hours ago
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The Soyuz booster have been launched from:
- Baikonur
- Plesetsk
- Kourou
- Vostochny
Making it the only rocket to have been launched from 3 (4 if you count USSR) different countries and 3 different continents !
Contenders would be: the Falcon 9, launched from
- Kennedy Space Center
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Cape Canaveral
Tied with Minotaur IV and Athena 1
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Kodiak
- Cape Canaveral
answered Nov 7 at 3:33
Antzi
7,53312250
you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
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@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
1
Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
1
For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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up vote
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The Soyuz booster have been launched from:
- Baikonur
- Plesetsk
- Kourou
- Vostochny
Making it the only rocket to have been launched from 3 (4 if you count USSR) different countries and 3 different continents !
Contenders would be: the Falcon 9, launched from
- Kennedy Space Center
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Cape Canaveral
Tied with Minotaur IV and Athena 1
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Kodiak
- Cape Canaveral
answered Nov 7 at 3:33
Antzi
7,53312250
you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
6
@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
1
Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
1
For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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up vote
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up vote
31
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The Soyuz booster have been launched from:
- Baikonur
- Plesetsk
- Kourou
- Vostochny
Making it the only rocket to have been launched from 3 (4 if you count USSR) different countries and 3 different continents !
Contenders would be: the Falcon 9, launched from
- Kennedy Space Center
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Cape Canaveral
Tied with Minotaur IV and Athena 1
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Kodiak
- Cape Canaveral
answered Nov 7 at 3:33
Antzi
7,53312250
The Soyuz booster have been launched from:
- Baikonur
- Plesetsk
- Kourou
- Vostochny
Making it the only rocket to have been launched from 3 (4 if you count USSR) different countries and 3 different continents !
Contenders would be: the Falcon 9, launched from
- Kennedy Space Center
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Cape Canaveral
Tied with Minotaur IV and Athena 1
- Vandenberg Air Force Base
- Kodiak
- Cape Canaveral
answered Nov 7 at 3:33
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you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
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@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
1
Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
1
For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
6
@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
1
Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
1
For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
you count KSC and Cape Canaveral as 2 sites?
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 7:18
6
6
@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
@Hobbes I wouldn't, but OP specified they should be treated as different spaceports.
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 8:33
1
1
Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
Soyuz has been launched from Plesetsk as well. If you count the number of distinct pads its 8: 4 at Plesetsk, some decomissioned now, 2 at Baikonur and one at each of the other two. Complicated, because I think the Russian pads are at the same base but not "adjacent" in the terms of the OP question.
– Puffin
Nov 7 at 15:44
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
@Puffin I had totally forgotten about this ! Since they share the same name I think we can consider them as the same spaceport?
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:12
1
1
For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
For KSC versus Cape Canaveral see this comment. new question: How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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Scout:
- KSC
- Vandenberg
- Wallops
San Marco platform (owned by Italy, off the coast of Kenya)
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
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yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
8
Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
2 days ago
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up vote
12
down vote
Scout:
- KSC
- Vandenberg
- Wallops
San Marco platform (owned by Italy, off the coast of Kenya)
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
81.3k2223364
1
yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
8
Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
2 days ago
add a comment |
up vote
12
down vote
up vote
12
down vote
Scout:
- KSC
- Vandenberg
- Wallops
San Marco platform (owned by Italy, off the coast of Kenya)
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
81.3k2223364
Scout:
- KSC
- Vandenberg
- Wallops
San Marco platform (owned by Italy, off the coast of Kenya)
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
81.3k2223364
edited Nov 7 at 14:48
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
81.3k2223364
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
81.3k2223364
answered Nov 7 at 14:42
Hobbes
81.3k2223364
81.3k2223364
1
yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
8
Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
2 days ago
add a comment |
1
yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
8
Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
2 days ago
1
1
yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
yes, that's the one
– Hobbes
Nov 7 at 14:48
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
not so fast ! It’s a tie with the Soyuz, see my edit thanks to Puffin :-)
– Antzi
Nov 7 at 16:15
8
8
Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
2 days ago
Kerbal Space Center is a fictional location... wait... oh. I've been playing that game too much, haven't I?
– Coomie
2 days ago
add a comment |
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I like this question and it definitely has a canonical answer as of this point in spacetime. However, I’m concerned that the answer to this question is likely to change over time. Perhaps there is a way to modify this question so that the answer withstands the test of time...
– Paul
Nov 7 at 1:18
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@Roger I would certainly consider that a good answer. I've mentioned that interpretation should be flexible, and launch from an airplane is something I didn't expect but it certainly fits. Launch from the Moon is at least from the surface of a body, much more of a launch site than an airplane's underbelly. I'd say just go for it in this case.
– uhoh
Nov 7 at 15:26
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@Puffin I'm using something like $d_{tot}=d_{t}+d_{ap}$ where $d$ stands for distance measured in "difficulty" units. There is both transportation difficulty or $d_t$ which measures how hard and far it would be to change your mind and move a rocket from one site to the other, and administrative and programatic difficulty which is sort-of self explanatory and redundant. Looking at ...difference between Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center? it sounds like it wouldn't be so easy to change your mind at the last minute and move between sites.
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@Puffin How far is Cape Canaveral from Kennedy Space Center, administratively and programmatically?
– uhoh
2 days ago
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@RedSonja I'd thought about working "strap-on" in there somehow, in place of "adding an extra side booster" but then I thought it just got weird.
– uhoh
2 days ago