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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Wenchang Satellite Launch Center was completed in 2014.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center launch frequency is planned to increase from between six to eight times per year to 20 to 30 times per year.
A Long March 5B rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 3:37 a.m. Eastern on 2022-10-31.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center has hosted 16 launches since opening in 2014, including a space station module, cargo missions, a lunar sample return, and the Tianwen-1 interplanetary expedition.
Xi Jinping visited Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on 2022-04-12 and urged the site to become a world-class spaceport.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center opened in 2014.
China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched on 2022-02-26, lifting off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 10:06 p.m. Eastern.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center will host the 2022 space station module and cargo spacecraft launches.
The Long March 7A lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 5:12 a.m. Eastern on 2021-12-23.
The Long March 7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft rolled out at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China on 2021-09-16.
The fourth new-generation Long March 7 rocket arrived at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island on Monday, 2021-08-16.
A Long March 5B heavy-lift rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 11:23 p.m. Eastern on 2021-04-28.
China developed and tested the Shenzhou spacecraft, Long March 2F, Tianlian relay satellites, rendezvous and docking technologies, refueling in microgravity, new launch vehicles, and the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center to support the space station project.
The Long March 7A launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on March 11, 2021 at 12:51 p.m. Eastern.
The Long March 5B will launch the roughly 22-metric-ton Tianhe core module from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center following delivery, assembly, integration and testing.
China rolled a Long March 8 rocket to the pad at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on 2020-12-16.
The Chang’e-5 spacecraft was launched on a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
Launch of the Chang’e-5 spacecraft from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is expected on 2020-11-24 local time.
A first flight model of the Long March 8 arrived at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island in late 2020-10-01.
China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission launched on a Long March 5 rocket from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center at 12:41 a.m. Eastern.