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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

The site's position close to the equator was more suitable for some missions than the Russian-operated spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The license will allow the firm to launch and operate its suborbital rocket Skylark L from the spaceport.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

There’s also a spaceport, a haunted house and a re-creation of London’s Tower Bridge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

I drew several spaceships entering and leaving his cavernous nostrils, like they were docking at a spaceport.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge