Spaceport America (https://www.spaceportamerica.com) is the first purpose-built commercial spaceport in the world. The FAA-licensed launch complex, situated on 18,000 acres adjacent to the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, has a rocket friendly environment of 6,000 square miles of restricted airspace, low population density, a 12,000-foot by 200-foot runway, vertical launch complexes, and about 340 days of sunshine and low humidity.
Some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry are tenants at Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic, HAPSMobile/ AeroVironment, UP Aerospace, and SpinLaunch. Other customers include Boeing, EXOS Aerospace and C6 Launch Systems.
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Industry
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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Company size
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51-200 employees
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Headquarters
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Spaceport America, New Mexico
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Type
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Government Agency
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Founded
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2006
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Specialties
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Commercial space, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ground Satellite Station Development, Horizontal space launch, Vertical space launch, Space launch testing, Reusable rocket testing, Low-cost access to space, Commercial space tourism, suborbital, Hypersonic, Microgravity, Space Manufacturing, and Space Tourism