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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A launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is expected on March 19 at about 04:00 UTC on a due-south trajectory with an almost 90-degree inclination.
A rectangular closed-air-space zone was observed on an sun-synchronous-orbit-bound track southwest of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Himalayas for March 16 at about 04:10 UTC.
ExPace launched Kuaizhou-11 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s Launch Site 95 at 12:12 pm China Standard Time on March 16.
Kuaizhou-11 has only flown from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Kuaizhou-11 Yao-7 lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on March 16 at 12:12.
Kinetica-2 is currently 53 meters tall at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The Long March 2D has flown from the Jiuquan, Taiyuan, and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers.
A NOTAM schedules a rectangular closed-air-space zone on a sun-synchronous-orbit (SSO) bound track southwest of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Himalayas for March 16 at approximately 04:10 UTC.
ZQ-2E (block 2) is a possible additional launch from JSLC in late March 2026.
CAS Space plans to launch the LJ-2 vehicle from JSLC in late March 2026.
TL-3 and CZ-12B are possible additional launches from JSLC in late March 2026.
Mengzhou is primarily designed to touchdown on land in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
Zhihang-1’s first flight is expected to take place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center off a multi-user launch pad toward the end of the month following the Spring Festival.
A Long March 2F/T launch vehicle lifted off from Launch Site 91 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center between 11:48 am and 12:07 pm China Standard Time (03:45 and 04:07 am UTC) on February 7th.
For the previous three launches involving the reusable demonstration spacecraft, official statements likewise listed only the launch date, the launch site as JSLC, and the launch vehicle as the LM-2F.
With the February 7th launch, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center’s Long March 2F series facilities can shift to solely working on upcoming crewed missions.
On February 7, 2026 China launched a reusable experimental spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center carrying a classified Reusable Experimental Spacecraft into orbit.
The Long March 2F has only flown from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, located in the west of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the north of Gansu province.
NOTAMs were issued on February 2, 2026 indicating a launch from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center toward the southeast on February 7, 2026 at approximately 03:55 UTC.