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space⋅port

[speys-pawrt, -pohrt]
–noun
a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.

Origin:
1950–55; space + port 1
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space·port   (spās'pôrt', -pōrt')   
n.  An installation for sheltering, testing, maintaining, and launching spacecraft.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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