文昌卫星发射中心
State/military coastal launch site in Hainan (first launch 25 Jun 2016, Long March 7); handles heavy-lift Long March 5 and crewed/cargo/lunar/Tianwen missions. Run by the CLTC system under the PLA Aerospace Force. Distinct from the adjacent commercial Hainan International Commercial Launch Site.
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The Long March 8A launch on March 12, 2026 departed from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, China.
A Long March 5B rocket with a Yuanzheng-2 upper stage launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on 2024-12-16 at 1000 UTC carrying the first group of satellites for China’s Guowang megaconstellation.
A modified Long March 8 rocket is expected to have its first flight later in 2024 from a new commercial spaceport near Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The new commercial launch pads near Wenchang Satellite Launch Center and the modified Long March 8 are part of Chinese efforts to increase national launch rate.
China launched the Chang’e-6 mission on 2024-05-03 from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The eighth Long March 5 rocket was vertically transferred to the pad at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island on 2024-04-27.
China launched the Queqiao-2 relay satellite on a Long March 8 rocket from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:31 p.m. Eastern on 2024-03-19 (0031 UTC March 20).
A Long March 8 rocket was vertically transferred to a launch pad at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on 2024-03-17.
A Long March 5 rocket lifted off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island at 6:30 a.m. Eastern (1130 UTC) on 2024-02-23.
Chang’e-7 is scheduled to launch on a Long March 5 rocket in 2026 from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
A Long March 7 rocket launched Tianzhou-7 from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island at 9:27 a.m. Eastern (1427 UTC) on 2024-01-17.
Components for China’s Chang'e-6 lunar far side sample return mission spacecraft arrived at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center after transport to Hainan island on 2024-01-10.
The sixth Long March 5 rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 8:41 a.m. Eastern (1341 UTC) on 2023-12-15.
Deep Blue Aerospace plans the first flight of its Nebula-1 kerolox rocket in late 2024 from commercial launch facilities near the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island.
A Long March 7 rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 9:22 a.m. Eastern on 2023-05-10.
The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center hosted launches of a lunar sample return mission and the Tianwen-1 interplanetary expedition.
The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center opened in 2014 and enabled launches of larger cryogenic rockets capable of sending 22-metric-ton space station modules to orbit.
China is expanding Wenchang Satellite Launch Center to increase overall launch rate and to establish facilities needed for crewed lunar missions.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center expansion is planned to support a new-generation crew launch vehicle and the super heavy-lift Long March 9 rocket.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center has enabled China to launch interplanetary and lunar missions and to construct and supply the Tiangong space station.