Concordia Spaceport is not a single launchpad. It is a distributed multi-island logistics ecosystem — each node playing to its structural strength across Cape Verde's 734,000 km² EEZ.
Volcanic basalt quarry, geopolymer binder production, component manufacturing and pre-assembly. Fogo's active-volcano geology makes it uniquely suited to supply ISRU feedstock — and uniquely unsuited to host a launch complex (eruptions 1951, 1995, 2014–15).
Porto Grande deepwater port, VXE international airport, ZEEMSV Special Economic Zone (Law No. 11/X/2022 class), and Cape Verde's largest talent cluster. The logistics and staging hub for Concordia Spaceport — components arrive from Fogo, are assembled and cleared, then transported to the launch island.
The launch pad itself. The specific island is the single open sub-decision in the project, to be resolved by a Phase-A Range Safety Analysis (RSA) and conservation-offset feasibility study. The current lean is toward São Vicente / São Pedro. The regenerative-integrity gate requires siting on degraded, not pristine, land — this is non-negotiable.
Cape Verde's ten-island archipelago spans ~800 km east-to-west in the Central Atlantic. Its EEZ of 734,000 km² sits astride transatlantic shipping lanes and submarine cable routes — a natural node for both orbital-launch azimuths and Earth-observation ground coverage.
From basalt in the ground to payload in orbit — the chain that makes the ecosystem work.
Quarried basalt processed into geopolymer binders; structural components manufactured and pre-assembled on-island.
Components shipped via Porto Grande deepwater port; SEZ customs clearance; final integration staging.
Vehicle integration, fuelling, countdown — acoustic water system supplies recovered freshwater back to communities post-launch.
GEO and low-inclination LEO missions with 150–200 m/s ΔV saving vs Cape Canaveral; EO ground station coverage via archipelagic network.