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Launch pad
A launch pad, also called a launching pad, is a reinforced site where rockets are held, fueled, and fired at liftoff, with flame trenches and sound suppression.
Mojave Air and Space Port
Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field (MHV), in Kern County, California, is an FAA-licensed horizontal-launch spaceport and public airport; first inland FAA launch site (June 17, 2004), home of SpaceShipOne, Scaled Composites, and Stratolaunch.
Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center is NASA's primary rocket propulsion testing facility in Hancock County, Mississippi, which tested Saturn V and shuttle engines and now tests SLS for Artemis.