Xichang Space Launch Center - China
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Construction of the Xichang Space Launch Center (XSLC) began in 1970 but the site did not become operational until 1984. The facility's location was chosen due to its high altitude, canyon topography, the May-October launch window weather, and low latitude. The Xichang base operates two unique launch pads; Launch Complex 2 is used for the launch of LongMarch-2E (ChangZheng-2E) space launch vehicles (SLVs) while Launch Complex 3 is responsible for launching geostationary satellites onboard the LongMarch-3 series (ChangZheng-3) SLVs. Because all of China's geostationary transfer orbit and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) launches are from XSLC, it is China's highest traffic space launch center. The facility is capable of processing one launch vehicle and simultaneously storing another one.
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Xichang Satellite Launch Center - January, 12 to October 15, 2018.
In 2018, China is the leader in the number of space launches. To date, out of the four cosmodromes of the PRC, 28 (!) Successful launches of launch vehicles of various classes have been carried out. Xichang Space Center - 13, Jiuquan - 10, Taiyuan - 5. In the coming decade, three more launches of the launch vehicle are planned. In total, until the end of the year in China announced about 40 space launches.
The video shows all the launches of launch vehicles from the Xichang cosmodrome from January 12 to October 15, 2018.
Meet the technicians behind Xichang Satellite Launching Center
Launching a satellite into space takes a lot of workforce. CCTV reporter introduces the technicians working behind the scenes at Xichang Satellite Launching Center.
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Spent rocket stage falls on town after Chinese satellite launch
The spent first stage of a rocket fell on a town in Guizhou Province on Wednesday, shortly after launch of a pair of Chinese satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.
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Chinese Long March-3B rocket carrying LaoSat-1 comsat launched today Nov. 21, 2015 from Xichang
Chinese Long March-3B rocket carrying LaoSat-1 comsat launched today Nov. 21, 2015 from Xichang
Twin satellites launched to develop China’s BeiDou system
China successfully sent twin satellites into space on a single carrier rocket on Monday, marking the third launch of the self-developed BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System. The pair blasted off on a Long March-3B carrier rocket at 1:03 p.m. BJT from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and entered the preset orbit about three hours later.
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Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:53 1 History
00:01:02 1.1 China's first manned space program
00:01:38 1.2 First Long March-2E carrier rocket
00:02:00 1.3 1996 Launch accident
00:02:33 1.4 China's first successful ASAT test
00:03:17 1.5 Beginning of China's lunar exploration program
00:03:39 1.6 First Long March-3C carrier rocket
00:04:05 1.7 Future of the center
00:04:41 2 Facilities
00:04:50 2.1 Launch Complex 1 (LC-1)
00:05:05 2.2 Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
00:05:22 2.3 Launch Complex 3 (LC-3)
00:05:52 2.4 Technical Center
00:06:31 3 See also
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The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), also known as the Xichang Space Center, is a People's Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) approximately 64 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
The facility became operational in 1984 and is primarily used to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary communications and weather satellites. It is notable as the site of Sino-European space cooperation, with the launch of the first of two Double Star scientific satellites in December 2003. Chinese officials have indicated interest in conducting additional international satellite launches from XSLC.In 1996, a fatal accident occurred when the rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite failed on launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Also, a 2007 test of an anti-satellite missile occurred from the center.
Zhongxing-1A launch by Long March-3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Zhongxing-1A satellite, carried by a Long March-3B rocket carrier, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern Sichuan Province, China, on Sept. 19, 2011. The satellite will be capable of providing secure communications, broadcasting and data transmission services for users in regions of China.
BeiDou-3 satellites launch, 15 October 2018
A Long March-3B rocket launched another pair of BeiDou-3 navigation satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 15 October 2018, at 04:23 UTC (12:23 local time). According to official sources, the two satellites, BeiDou-3 MEO-15 (M15) and BeiDou-3 MEO-16 (M16) entered the scheduled orbit after more than three hours. The satellites are the 39th and 40th in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, respectively the 15th and 16th for the BeiDou-3 system. So far, China has launched a total of 40 Beidou satellites, and 11 more will be launched in the next two years, in an effort to complete the global navigation network.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)
China's Gaofen-2 launch from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Last Tuesday, China launched Gaofen 2, which will be able to provide even higher resolution images than its predecessor and identify objects no larger than one meter in length. One Gaofen satellite will be able to provide images of a whole planet in about four hours, according to China’s National Space Administration.
Long March-3B carrier rocket launched at 1:43 AM Tuesday from Xichang, SW China's Sichuan
Launched on Long March-3B carrier rocket, the 49th #satellite of the #BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was sent from the Xichang, SW China's Sichuan at 1:43 AM Tuesday. It marked a total of 3 BDS-3 satellites have been sent into the inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit
BeiDou-3 satellites launched by Long March-3B
A Long March-3B rocket launched two new BeiDou-3 navigation satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan Province, southwest China, on 24 August 2018, at 23:52 UTC (25 August, 07:52 local time). According to official sources, the satellites entered the designated orbit after flying for more than three hours. The twin satellites are the 35rd and 36th in the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, respectively the 11th and 12th for the BeiDou-3 system. Another six BeiDou-3 are scheduled to be launched in 2018, China expects to have a basic system with 18 BeiDou-3 satellites orbiting by the end of the year.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)
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Xichang Chinasat 2D launches
Long March 3B | Zhongxing 2D (Chinasat 2D) launching from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China launches 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre | Oneindia News
China has launched its 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on Sunday. The satellite system is being developed as an alternative to US GPS.
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China launches Zhongxing11 satellite
China has launched the Zhongxing-11 communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Full video: China launches probe and rover to the moon
Chang'e-3 mission with moon rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) was successfully launched early on Monday morning from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
It will travel for around 112 hours along the earth-moon transfer orbit, while scientists adjust its orbit depending on the circumstances.
The probe is estimated to reach the 100-km high circular lunar orbit sometime on Friday.
Wenchang Satellite Launch Center: Hainan Province’s geographic advantages
China now has four satellite launch centers, with the center in Wenchang, Hainan Province coming after the establishment of centers in Inner Mongolia’s Jiuquan, Sichuan Province’s Xichang and Taiyuan in Shanxi Province. Satellite launch centers are usually built at low latitudes and as close as possible to the equator, in order to gain maximum initial speed from the rotation of the Earth. Based on China’s southernmost island province of Hainan, the Wenchang center is therefore ideal for satellite launches into space.
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Jiuquan Space Launch Center (Shuangchengzi Missile Test Center) - China
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The Jiuquan Space Launch Center (JSLC) is China's largest rocket facility and has hosted the launch of hundreds of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles and surface-to-air missiles, as well as China's first and only missile-delivered nuclear test, and numerous remote sensing satellites.
In 2003, Jiuquan became the first spaceport to launch a Chinese-crewed space mission. In September 2011, China launched a space laboratory module known as Tiangong -1 or Heavenly Palace, from JLSC. Two months after Tiangong-1 was launched into orbit, China launched an unmanned space craft, the Shenzhou-8, which was the first Chinese space craft to dock with the International Space Station.
Long March-3C launches TJS-3 satellite
A Long March-3C carrier rocket (Changzheng 3C, CZ-3C, 长征三号丙) launched the third communication technology test satellite (TJS-3) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on 24 December 2018, at 16:53 UTC (25 December, 00:53 Beijing time). According to official sources, the satellite entered its designated orbit.
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China launches new satellite
The rocket carrying the Tianlian I-02 satellite blasted off from the Xichang
Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province.