Mojave Spaceport

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Mojave Spaceport, also known by its full name, Mojave Air and Space Port, as well as the Civilian Aerospace Test Center is an airport/spaceport located in Mojave, California. It is the first spaceport licensed in the United States for horizontal launches of reusable spacecraft, becoming certified by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Mojave began to have a major push for small companies seaming to develop space technologies with the Rotary Rocket program. Several teams for the Ansari X Prize also used the facility for test flights.

Companies

As a major Aerospace development center, numerous companies have facilities located at Mojave. Some companies with facilities located at Mojave are listed as follows:

• Masten Space Systems
• Orbital Sciences Corporation
• XCOR Aerospace
• Firestar Technologies
• Scaled Composites / Virgin Galactic / The Spaceship Company
• Rocket Propulsion Engineering Corporation
• Interorbital Systems Corporation