Tag:aeroway=launchpad

The tag aeroway=launchpad is used to map an above-ground facility from which a rocket-powered space vehicle is vertically launched, see Launch pad. Not to be confused with aeroway=launch_complex (including tower:type=launch_tower and other infrastructure). The correlation between both is similar to aeroway=heliport, see Heliport vs helipad

Single-stage-to-orbit Spaceplanes may probably take off from other aeroway=* infrastructure.

A rocket launchpad is distinct from a military missile launch facility (military=launchpad / missile silo / missile complex), which also launches vertically. For other civilian launches see weather_control=launchpad.

How to map

• Create a closed way around the extent of the launch pad area.
• Add the tag aeroway=launchpad.
• For optional tags to use in combination see aeroway=runway

Usually located within the area of a aeroway=launch_complex and / or aeroway=spaceport.

Examples

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  Launch pad

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  aeroway=launch_complex

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  aeroway=landingpad

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See also

• aeroway=spaceport – A spaceport or cosmodrome: a site for launching or receiving spacecraft
• industrial=aerospace – Aerospace industry
• military=launchpad – Launchpad used for military purposes
• weather_control=launchpad – Weather control launches