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At 19 degrees north latitude, the Wenchang Space Launch Site is located on the Chinese island of Hainan, which is the nearest to the equator among Chinese territories.Low-latitude locations are desirable for space launch sites due to the higher speed of rotation closer to the equator, as well as the smaller inclination change maneuver needed to reach geosynchronous orbit. [10]
Location – Name of launch site (sometimes also province etc.) Coordinates – geographical coordinates ... Wenchang Satellite Launch Center 2016– 879,000 kg ...
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 ...
A general view shows the launch platform for the Chang’e-6 mission of the China Lunar Exploration Programme at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan Province on 2 May ...
Launch date: 15 November 2024, 15:13 () UTC [1] Rocket: Long March 7: Launch site: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, LC-201: Contractor: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology: Orbital parameters; Reference system: Geocentric orbit: Regime: Low Earth orbit: Inclination: 41.5° Docking with Tiangong space station; Docking port: Tianhe aft ...
The city of Wenchang on China’s Hainan Island is home to a rocket launch center – and a tourist industry that caters to a growing interest in space-related tourism.
CZ-12 has a stage diameter of 3.8 metres, a first for China. It is launched from the new commercial launch site located at China's coastal spaceport in Wenchang. [5] The maiden launch of the new rocket occurred at 14:25 UTC on 30 November 2024 from the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Site. There were two payloads on the launch ...
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