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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Tianwen-1 is scheduled to launch from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on a Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket on 2020-07-23.
The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center is expected to host the launch of the Tianwen-1 Mars mission around 2020-07-23.
Activity at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center suggests a Tianwen-1 launch date around 2020-07-23, although China has not announced an official launch window.
Images shared on Chinese social media show the Long March 5B rollout at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center was completed early 2020-04-29.
The Tianwen-1 spacecraft has been delivered to Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
The first Long March 5B arrived at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on 2020-02-05.
The Long March 5 launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in south China at 7:45 a.m. Eastern.
Chang’e-5 will launch from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island.
China has launched two Long March 5 rockets and two Long March 7 rockets from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
Yuanwang-21 and Yuanwang-22 will deliver the third Long March 5 rocket to Hainan island for launch preparations at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
Launch preparations at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center for the third Long March 5 are expected to take about two months after delivery to Hainan.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center hosts launches of China’s new large cryogenic launch vehicles, including ground preparations related to the Long March 5.
Long March 5 components are manufactured in Tianjin and collected by cargo ships Yuanwang-21 and Yuanwang-22 for delivery to the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan.
Cargo vessels specially designed to transport components of the 5-meter-diameter, 56-meter-long heavy-lift launcher from Tianjin to the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center remain moored on the Yangtze River.
Cargo vessels specially designed to transport components of the Long March 5 from Tianjin to the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center remain moored on the Yangtze River.
The third launch of the Long March 5 was scheduled to take place at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island in 2019-07-01.
The third Long March 5 rocket was expected to be shipped from Tianjin to the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center around the end of 2018-10-01 for delivery to Hainan island.
Specially designed cargo ships Yuanwang 21 and Yuanwang 22 will leave port on the Yangtze River to collect Long March 5 rocket components from Tianjin for transport to Hainan Island for a Wenchang Satellite Launch Center launch planned for November or 2018-12-01.