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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All of Kinetica-1’s missions have launched from CAS Space’s facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
CAS Space launched its Kinetica-1 launch vehicle from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:03 pm China Standard Time on April 14.
A launch was expected from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on April 14, 2026 at around 04:00 UTC over a sun-synchronous-orbit-bound track.
CAS Space debuted its tri-core Kinetica-2 launch vehicle on a mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center that placed a prototype Qingzhou cargo spacecraft into orbit.
Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 lifted off for its first flight at 12:17 pm China Standard Time on April 3 from a company-owned launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Space Pioneer currently operates Tianlong-3 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and plans to move it to the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site.
Tianlong-3 had been vertical on the JSLC launch pad multiple times since late 2025.
Kinetica-2 is being taken toward the late afternoon skies at JSLC.
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China celebrated the successful launch of the New Journey 01 and 02 satellites, Tianshu-1, and the Lijian-2 Yao-1 launch vehicle mission on 2026-03-30.
CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 launch vehicle lifted off from Launch Area 140 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on March 30 at 19:00 China Standard Time.
Kinetica-2 is scheduled to debut at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the coming days.
CAS Space has completed its second dedicated launch pad at JSLC.
China conducted a launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:11 Beijing time on 2026-03-27.
A Long March 2C lifted off from Launch Site 94 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on March 27 at 12:11 pm China Standard Time.
The launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was initially assigned to four different Chinese rockets before settling on a Long March 2C with a Yuanzheng-1S upper stage.
The Long March 2C has flown from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
A sun-synchronous-orbit launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was scheduled for March 27 at about 04:10 UTC.
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center are owned by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The Long March 2D has flown from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
LJ-2 was vertical at JSLC.