JSLC is usually used to launch vehicles into lower and medium orbits with large orbital inclination angles, as well as testing medium to long-range missiles.
The facilities and launch support equipment were likely modelled on Soviet counterparts and the Soviet Union, at least in the early 1960s, may have provided technical support to Jiuquan.
The launchcenter has been the focus of many of China's successful ventures into space, including their first satelliteDong Fang Hong 1 in 1970, and their first manned space mission Shenzhou 5 on October 15, 2003.
JiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenter is a launchcenter for scientific, technical and experimental satellites.
JiuquanSatelliteLaunchCenter has turned the desert zone, in which it is located, into an eco-friendly city, where flowers, grass and other plants thrive in late autumn.
At a mean elevation of 1,000 meters, the Jiuquanlaunchcenter is mainly used to send experimental and applications satellites that are on the lower and medium orbits with large orbital inclination angles.
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