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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

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酒泉卫星发射中心

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC), founded in 1958, is China's oldest spaceport and a key facility in its space program. Located in the Gobi Desert, it primarily launches vehicles into low and medium Earth orbits with high orbital inclination angles. JSLC has supported many of China's space milestones, including their first satellite launch (Dong Fang Hong I) and crewed missions (Shenzhou program) and continues to support launches to the Tiangong space station. It features state-of-the-art facilities and is used by organizations like CASC and CAS Space.

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iSpace conducted a launch of a Hyperbola-1 four-stage solid rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at around 15:50 local time (3:50 a.m. Eastern) on 2021-08-03.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Aug 3, 2021Mystery surrounds Chinese private rocket launch attempt

China’s Long March 2D carrier rocket launched Tianhui-1 04 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 29, 2021China Moves Another Imaging Satellite To Orbit

The suborbital vehicle launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and later landed at an airport just over 800 km away at Alxa League in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

GeneralPlanValue 2.0Jul 16, 2021China launches secretive suborbital vehicle for reusable space transportation system

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is expected to host most of China’s commercial launches in July 2021.

PlanValue 3.0Jul 6, 2021China conducts third orbital launch inside four days

Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) was launched on 2021-07-05 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jul 5, 2021China Places Their Fengyun-3E Meteorological Satellite Into Orbit

Shenzhou-12 launched on a Long March 2F from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 9:22 p.m. Eastern on 2021-06-16.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 17, 2021Shenzhou-12 docks with Tianhe space station module

Shenzhou-12 will be launched at 9:22 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 15, 2021China To Launch Shenzhou-12 Manned Spaceship On June 17

China launched the Yaogan-34 remote sensing satellite on Friday, 2021-04-30 at 3:27 p.m. from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 3, 2021China’s Yaogan-34 Satellite Issues Forth From Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Cheng reported there is no credible evidence that the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and the Hainan facility are not run by the PLA.

GovernanceValue 2.1Apr 16, 2021Analysts: China’s space programs are a security concern to the U.S. but not all are nefarious

The Long March-4C launched Gaofen-12 02 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

GeneralValue 4.7Mar 31, 2021China Drives EO Satellite To Orbit

The fourth group of China's Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on 2021-03-12 at 10:19 a.m. Beijing Time.

PlanGeneralValue 4.2Mar 15, 2021China Lifts Fourth Group Of Yaogan-31 Sats To Orbit

Hyperbola-1 lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on 2021-02-01 as the second launch of a Hyperbola-1 vehicle.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 2, 2021Falling foam insulation caused Chinese commercial rocket failure

A Long March 4C rocket launched a series of three Yaogan-31 reconnaissance satellites into orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 2021-02-23 at 9:22 p.m. Eastern.

PlanValue 4.5Feb 24, 2021China launches trio of Yaogan-31 ocean reconnaissance satellites

The third group of China’s Yaogan-31 remote sensing satellites was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Feb 24, 2021China Launches Yaogan-31 Remote Sensing Satellites

iSpace launched a Hyperbola-1 rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center that ended in apparent failure shortly after liftoff.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Feb 1, 2021China’s iSpace suffers failure with second orbital launch attempt

The Yaogan-33 satellite was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Dec 28, 2020China Drives Yaogan-33 Satellite To Orbit

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is developing a launch complex to facilitate launches of liquid methane-liquid oxygen rockets being developed by Landspace and iSpace.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 11, 2020Remote sensing satellite firm completes huge funding round as Chinese space sector activity accelerates

The spacecraft was launched on Friday, 2020-09-04 on an extended March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

GeneralPlanValue 4.2Sep 10, 2020China makes crucial breakthrough in reusable spacecraft research

A Kuaizhou-1A will launch a 0.005 kg technology verification satellite for Galaxy Space from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on 2020-01-11.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.6Jan 9, 2020Chinese launch firm Galactic Energy raises $21.5 million

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center launch of Zhuhai-1 on 2019-09-19 occurred at 02:42 a.m. Eastern and produced stage wreckage that fell in Myanmar.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Sep 25, 2019China continues intense activity with environment, navigation satellite launches
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