spaceport

[speys-pawrt, -pohrt] / ˈspeɪsˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

NOUN

shuttle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airplane plane shuttle bus spacecraft train

STRONG

transporter

NOUN

space platform

Synonyms

WEAK

launching base space airport space dock space laboratory space observatory space station

NOUN

space station

Synonyms

WEAK

advance base astro station cosmic stepping-stone island base manned station space airport space island space platform spaceport station

Example Sentences

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A second company has signed an agreement to launch a rocket from SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland this year.

From BBC

Scott Hammond, Spaceport chief executive, said the contract strengthened the site's position "at the vanguard of UK vertical space launch".

From BBC

Nominally designed as a spaceport, Lego aliens and spaceships populate the area.

From Los Angeles Times

It's also spurred several spaceport projects across Europe - from the Azores in Portugal, to Norway's far north.

From BBC

On a remote island 300 kilometres above the Arctic Circle, Norway's Andøya Spaceport, is now the frontrunner.

From BBC