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A single rocket launch is sufficient for inclusion in the table, as long as the site is properly documented through a reference. Missile locations with no launches are not included in the list. Proposed and planned sites and sites under construction are not included in the main tabulation, but may appear in condensed lists under the tables.
The Wenchang Space Launch Site (Chinese: 文昌航天发射场 [1] [2]) is a rocket launch site located in Wenchang on the island of Hainan, in China. Formally a suborbital test center, it currently serves as China's southernmost spaceport. The site was selected for its low latitude, 19° north of
The first launch, a test flight of the Kuaizhou-1 rocket, took place on 25 September 2013, while the last one was a Kuaizhou 1A launch on 11 January 2024. Pad A ( 40°58′11″N 100°20′38″E / 40.9698°N 100.3439°E / 40.9698; 100.3439 ( LS-95A ) ), the most used, accounts for a total of 47 launch
The Long March-5, China's largest rocket, blasted off at 5:27 p.m. Beijing time (0927 GMT) from Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan with the more than 8 metric ton Chang ...
WENCHANG SPACE LAUNCH SITE, China — China launched an uncrewed lunar spacecraft Friday in a first-of-its-kind mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon, the latest step in a ...
This was the 105th mission of China's Long March series of rockets, and also the launch of the nation's first data relay satellite (数据中继卫星) Tianlian I (天链一号). [12] A new launch pad for next-generation rockets (such as Long March 8) is currently under construction, as of December 2019. [13]
Long March 5 carrier rocket at Wenchang Space Launch Site YF-100 (middle) and YF-77 (right) are two of the engines powering the new generation of Long March rockets. While China was making remarkable progress in all areas above, the Long March rockets, the absolute foundation of Chinese space program, were also experiencing a crucial revolution.
The launch site started construction in July 2022, and is expected to be put into service in 2024. [5] The Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site is built and operated by HICAL, a joint venture of the Hainan government and three state-owned conglomerates. In China, a commercial space center is a site owned by an entity other than the Government ...