Source: CCTV.com
09-19-2008 15:44
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) is China's space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) in the Gobi desert, Ejina Banner, Alashan League, Inner Mongolia, located about 1,600 km from Beijing. It is located at 40°57′28″N, 100°17′30″E. It was founded in 1958, making it China's first of three spaceports. More Chinese launches have occurred at Jiuquan than anywhere else.
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The Satellite Launch Center is in fact a part of Dongfeng space city，also known as Base or Dongfeng base, which also includes PLAAF test flight facilities, a space museum and a martyr's cemetery.
JSLC is usually used to launch vehicles into lower and medium orbits with large orbital inclination angles, as well as testing medium to long-range missiles. Its facilities are state of the art and provide support to every phase of a satellite launch campaign. The site includes the Technical Center, the Launch Complex, the Launch Control Center, the Mission Command and Control Center and various other logistical support systems.
The center covers a massive 2800 km² and may have housing for as many as 20,000 people. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's ventures into space, including its first satellite Dong Fang Hong 1 in 1970, and first manned space mission Shenzhou 5 on October 15, 2003.
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