Research Article

Relationship of Worldwide Rocket Launch Crashes with Geophysical Parameters

Figure 1

World map locations of main space sites. Arrows indicate the main direction of rocket trajectory after launch. The key world-wide spaceports are as follows: (1) Plesetsk, (2) Kapustin Yar, (3) Baykonur, (4) Jiuquan Space Center, (5) Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, (6) Tanegashima Space Center, (7) Kagoshima Space Center, (8) Sea Launch, (9) Vandenberg, (10) Cape Canaveral, (11) Wallops space factory, and (12) Centre Spatial Guyanais (Kourou).
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