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 to orbit or beyond, see Launch pad. Not to be confused with aeroway=launch_complex (including tower:type=launch_tower and other infrastructure).

Single-stage-to-orbit Spaceplanes may probably take off from other aeroway=* infrastructure. Also see other launchpad types in "similar tags" below.

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

• 
  Launch pad
• 
  aeroway=launch_complex
• 
  aeroway=landingpad

Similar tags

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Possible errors

disused:*=* or abandoned:*=* launchpads should be tagged with the corresponding lifecycle prefix, the same applies for those proposed:*=*, planned:*=* or under construction:*=*.

man_made=launch_pad

More details at taginfo

More details at taginfo

• man_made=launch_pad

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

• aeroway - overview
• aeroway:balloon=* - Infrastructure for balloon launch (to transport people or payload)
• aeroway:weather_control=* - For cloud seeding or weather balloons
• aeroway:research=* - For launches below the Kármán line
• aeroway:model_aerodrome=* - For models
• aeroway=helipad - For helicopters
• military=launchpad - For missiles
• aerospace:product=* - Different kinds of aerial or space vehicles