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AFAIK, there are no spaceports in the European Union.



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    You are correct, there are currently no space ports in Europe. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… for a few proposed ones.
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    no orbital spaceports, perhaps @PearsonArtPhoto
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    @PearsonArtPhoto you have an answer to Excluding Russia, has Europe launched a single satellite or spacecraft into Earth's orbit and beyond from its own continent? that's helpful.
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AFAIK, there are no spaceports in the European Union.



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    You are correct, there are currently no space ports in Europe. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… for a few proposed ones.
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    no orbital spaceports, perhaps @PearsonArtPhoto
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AFAIK, there are no spaceports in the European Union.



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AFAIK, there are no spaceports in the European Union.



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    You are correct, there are currently no space ports in Europe. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… for a few proposed ones.
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    no orbital spaceports, perhaps @PearsonArtPhoto
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    J.Doe are there parts of your question that aren't answered there?
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    You are correct, there are currently no space ports in Europe. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… for a few proposed ones.
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    – PearsonArtPhoto♦
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    no orbital spaceports, perhaps @PearsonArtPhoto
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    J.Doe are there parts of your question that aren't answered there?
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You are correct, there are currently no space ports in Europe. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… for a few proposed ones.
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You are correct, there are currently no space ports in Europe. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… for a few proposed ones.
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no orbital spaceports, perhaps @PearsonArtPhoto
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no orbital spaceports, perhaps @PearsonArtPhoto
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@PearsonArtPhoto you have an answer to Excluding Russia, has Europe launched a single satellite or spacecraft into Earth's orbit and beyond from its own continent? that's helpful.
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J.Doe are there parts of your question that aren't answered there?
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The area of the European Continent is too far away from the equator and there are very few places allowing an eastward orbital launch over an ocean. Used first stages should not crash on a densily populated ground.



But Guiana Space Centre is one of five French overseas departments and a part of the European Union. Overseas departments are integral parts of France and the European Union, they are represented in the the European Parliament and use the euro as their currency.



There have been a lot of historic rocket launch sites in European mainland used for suborbital launches, see this Wikipedia list.



A new spaceport is planned in Scotland for orbital launches, the Sutherland spaceport. Launches over the ocean are possible in north to northeast direction, but not in south to southeast. But when it is finished, it will be no European Union spaceport. (If there is no escape from Brexit)






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    Esrange is mainland Europe, Maser 14 is slated for launch in June, reaching 240 km
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    Note that for this reason, Israel is the only country that launches retrograde, to the West.
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    The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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    +1 for "Used first stages should not crash on a densily populated ground," which answers the title question nicely.
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There are currently suborbital spaceports.



Esrange in Sweden launches sounding rockets, including some up to 678 km. That's nearly 300 km higher than the International Space Station, so it is definitely possible to launch a payload into space from within the European part of the European Union. Esrange cannot yet launch into orbit, buth they plan to.



The latitude is no objection, the most active spaceport in the world is at 63°N. The reason there are no orbital launches from the European part of the EU is that (relatively) low-latitude sites in Europe are too busy and nobody has been willing yet to invest the necessary money at a high-latitude site, when European satellites can launch from French Guyana or Baikonur. The benefit of being within the EU and without crossing an ocean has so far not been considered worth the money.






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    sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
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    @JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
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Aha! But there is at least one spaceport in the European Union.



Namely Guiana Space Centre located in French Guiana – French overseas territory and hence part of the EU.






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Baikonur is further north than most of Italy, Spain, Greece the south of France. Geographically, downrange shots across the Mediterranean are possible from the whole SE shore of Spain or France and the boot of Italy as well as various large islands like Sicily. Maybe the area is just too crowded in general. It would be interesting to consider if the Mediterranean sea is even too crowded with ships to drop boosters on.






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    The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
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    The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
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The area of the European Continent is too far away from the equator and there are very few places allowing an eastward orbital launch over an ocean. Used first stages should not crash on a densily populated ground.



But Guiana Space Centre is one of five French overseas departments and a part of the European Union. Overseas departments are integral parts of France and the European Union, they are represented in the the European Parliament and use the euro as their currency.



There have been a lot of historic rocket launch sites in European mainland used for suborbital launches, see this Wikipedia list.



A new spaceport is planned in Scotland for orbital launches, the Sutherland spaceport. Launches over the ocean are possible in north to northeast direction, but not in south to southeast. But when it is finished, it will be no European Union spaceport. (If there is no escape from Brexit)






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    The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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The area of the European Continent is too far away from the equator and there are very few places allowing an eastward orbital launch over an ocean. Used first stages should not crash on a densily populated ground.



But Guiana Space Centre is one of five French overseas departments and a part of the European Union. Overseas departments are integral parts of France and the European Union, they are represented in the the European Parliament and use the euro as their currency.



There have been a lot of historic rocket launch sites in European mainland used for suborbital launches, see this Wikipedia list.



A new spaceport is planned in Scotland for orbital launches, the Sutherland spaceport. Launches over the ocean are possible in north to northeast direction, but not in south to southeast. But when it is finished, it will be no European Union spaceport. (If there is no escape from Brexit)






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    Esrange is mainland Europe, Maser 14 is slated for launch in June, reaching 240 km
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    Note that for this reason, Israel is the only country that launches retrograde, to the West.
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    The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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The area of the European Continent is too far away from the equator and there are very few places allowing an eastward orbital launch over an ocean. Used first stages should not crash on a densily populated ground.



But Guiana Space Centre is one of five French overseas departments and a part of the European Union. Overseas departments are integral parts of France and the European Union, they are represented in the the European Parliament and use the euro as their currency.



There have been a lot of historic rocket launch sites in European mainland used for suborbital launches, see this Wikipedia list.



A new spaceport is planned in Scotland for orbital launches, the Sutherland spaceport. Launches over the ocean are possible in north to northeast direction, but not in south to southeast. But when it is finished, it will be no European Union spaceport. (If there is no escape from Brexit)






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The area of the European Continent is too far away from the equator and there are very few places allowing an eastward orbital launch over an ocean. Used first stages should not crash on a densily populated ground.



But Guiana Space Centre is one of five French overseas departments and a part of the European Union. Overseas departments are integral parts of France and the European Union, they are represented in the the European Parliament and use the euro as their currency.



There have been a lot of historic rocket launch sites in European mainland used for suborbital launches, see this Wikipedia list.



A new spaceport is planned in Scotland for orbital launches, the Sutherland spaceport. Launches over the ocean are possible in north to northeast direction, but not in south to southeast. But when it is finished, it will be no European Union spaceport. (If there is no escape from Brexit)







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    Esrange is mainland Europe, Maser 14 is slated for launch in June, reaching 240 km
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    Note that for this reason, Israel is the only country that launches retrograde, to the West.
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    The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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    Esrange is mainland Europe, Maser 14 is slated for launch in June, reaching 240 km
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    Note that for this reason, Israel is the only country that launches retrograde, to the West.
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    The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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    What is the escape velocity for Brexit anyway?
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Esrange is mainland Europe, Maser 14 is slated for launch in June, reaching 240 km
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Note that for this reason, Israel is the only country that launches retrograde, to the West.
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The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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The worlds busiest spaceport is at 63°N. The northern part of the EU is perfectly suitable for launches into polar orbit.
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There are currently suborbital spaceports.



Esrange in Sweden launches sounding rockets, including some up to 678 km. That's nearly 300 km higher than the International Space Station, so it is definitely possible to launch a payload into space from within the European part of the European Union. Esrange cannot yet launch into orbit, buth they plan to.



The latitude is no objection, the most active spaceport in the world is at 63°N. The reason there are no orbital launches from the European part of the EU is that (relatively) low-latitude sites in Europe are too busy and nobody has been willing yet to invest the necessary money at a high-latitude site, when European satellites can launch from French Guyana or Baikonur. The benefit of being within the EU and without crossing an ocean has so far not been considered worth the money.






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    sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
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    @JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
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There are currently suborbital spaceports.



Esrange in Sweden launches sounding rockets, including some up to 678 km. That's nearly 300 km higher than the International Space Station, so it is definitely possible to launch a payload into space from within the European part of the European Union. Esrange cannot yet launch into orbit, buth they plan to.



The latitude is no objection, the most active spaceport in the world is at 63°N. The reason there are no orbital launches from the European part of the EU is that (relatively) low-latitude sites in Europe are too busy and nobody has been willing yet to invest the necessary money at a high-latitude site, when European satellites can launch from French Guyana or Baikonur. The benefit of being within the EU and without crossing an ocean has so far not been considered worth the money.






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    sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
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    @JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
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There are currently suborbital spaceports.



Esrange in Sweden launches sounding rockets, including some up to 678 km. That's nearly 300 km higher than the International Space Station, so it is definitely possible to launch a payload into space from within the European part of the European Union. Esrange cannot yet launch into orbit, buth they plan to.



The latitude is no objection, the most active spaceport in the world is at 63°N. The reason there are no orbital launches from the European part of the EU is that (relatively) low-latitude sites in Europe are too busy and nobody has been willing yet to invest the necessary money at a high-latitude site, when European satellites can launch from French Guyana or Baikonur. The benefit of being within the EU and without crossing an ocean has so far not been considered worth the money.






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There are currently suborbital spaceports.



Esrange in Sweden launches sounding rockets, including some up to 678 km. That's nearly 300 km higher than the International Space Station, so it is definitely possible to launch a payload into space from within the European part of the European Union. Esrange cannot yet launch into orbit, buth they plan to.



The latitude is no objection, the most active spaceport in the world is at 63°N. The reason there are no orbital launches from the European part of the EU is that (relatively) low-latitude sites in Europe are too busy and nobody has been willing yet to invest the necessary money at a high-latitude site, when European satellites can launch from French Guyana or Baikonur. The benefit of being within the EU and without crossing an ocean has so far not been considered worth the money.







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    sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
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    @JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
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    sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
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    @JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
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sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
$endgroup$
– JCRM
5 hours ago






$begingroup$
sending launch vehicles in the direction of Russia has the potential to be misinterpreted. With launches from America there's enough time to recognise they are orbital before a counterstrike
$endgroup$
– JCRM
5 hours ago














$begingroup$
@JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
$endgroup$
– gerrit
4 hours ago






$begingroup$
@JCRM True, a rogue balloon is bad enough!. Esrange already only launches straight north, there's too much population west (a 17k town 35 km away) or east (some 1500 people at a similar distance). IIRC they can only launch if there's less than 20 people in a 4000 km² zone or so (no launches in any direction during hunting season or certain reindeer seasons), so eastward orbital launches would not be an option anyway. If you have any other concerns I'm sure you can share them in any relevant consultation for Esranges plans :)
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Aha! But there is at least one spaceport in the European Union.



Namely Guiana Space Centre located in French Guiana – French overseas territory and hence part of the EU.






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this information was already in @Uwe's answer
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Baikonur is further north than most of Italy, Spain, Greece the south of France. Geographically, downrange shots across the Mediterranean are possible from the whole SE shore of Spain or France and the boot of Italy as well as various large islands like Sicily. Maybe the area is just too crowded in general. It would be interesting to consider if the Mediterranean sea is even too crowded with ships to drop boosters on.






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    The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
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    The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
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$begingroup$

Baikonur is further north than most of Italy, Spain, Greece the south of France. Geographically, downrange shots across the Mediterranean are possible from the whole SE shore of Spain or France and the boot of Italy as well as various large islands like Sicily. Maybe the area is just too crowded in general. It would be interesting to consider if the Mediterranean sea is even too crowded with ships to drop boosters on.






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  • 3




    $begingroup$
    The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
    $endgroup$
    – jamesqf
    5 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review
    $endgroup$
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    5 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
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    48 mins ago














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$begingroup$

Baikonur is further north than most of Italy, Spain, Greece the south of France. Geographically, downrange shots across the Mediterranean are possible from the whole SE shore of Spain or France and the boot of Italy as well as various large islands like Sicily. Maybe the area is just too crowded in general. It would be interesting to consider if the Mediterranean sea is even too crowded with ships to drop boosters on.






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$endgroup$



Baikonur is further north than most of Italy, Spain, Greece the south of France. Geographically, downrange shots across the Mediterranean are possible from the whole SE shore of Spain or France and the boot of Italy as well as various large islands like Sicily. Maybe the area is just too crowded in general. It would be interesting to consider if the Mediterranean sea is even too crowded with ships to drop boosters on.







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  • 3




    $begingroup$
    The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
    $endgroup$
    – jamesqf
    5 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review
    $endgroup$
    – JCRM
    5 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
    $endgroup$
    – alephzero
    48 mins ago














  • 3




    $begingroup$
    The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
    $endgroup$
    – jamesqf
    5 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review
    $endgroup$
    – JCRM
    5 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
    $endgroup$
    – alephzero
    48 mins ago








3




3




$begingroup$
The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
$endgroup$
– jamesqf
5 hours ago




$begingroup$
The problem is that the higher the latitude of the launch site, the more delta-V it takes to get to an equatorial orbit (which is wanted for many satellites). The Russians didn't have much choice in launch site locations: Baikonur is about as far south as you can get in the old USSR, and these days isn't even in Russia.
$endgroup$
– jamesqf
5 hours ago




2




2




$begingroup$
This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review
$endgroup$
– JCRM
5 hours ago




$begingroup$
This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. - From Review
$endgroup$
– JCRM
5 hours ago












$begingroup$
The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
$endgroup$
– alephzero
48 mins ago




$begingroup$
The Mediterranean is relatively long and narrow, much of the shoreline is populated, and it is a tourist destination for all sizes of craft from small yachts to cruise liners, as well as ferry and merchant shipping routes. This is a huge contrast to an offshore ocean area where there is little economic reason why commercial shipping of any type should be there at all.
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48 mins ago


















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