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Encyclopedia > Xichang Satellite Launch Center

The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) (Chinese: 西昌卫星发射中心; Pinyin: Xīchāng Weìxīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn) is a Chinese facility approximately 64 km northwest of Xichang City in Sichuan Province. It is well-serviced by a dedicated railway and highway directly from Xichang Qingshan Airport to the launch site. 28°12′N, 102°02′E Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Xichang (Chinese: 西昌, Pinyin: XÄ«chāng; Yi: Op Rro / ꀒꎂ) is a city as well as a nearby spaceport in the province of Sichuan, in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Sichuan (Chinese: 四川; pinyin: Sìchuān; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ch`uan; non-standard transliteration: Szechwan) is a province in central-western China with its capital at Chengdu. ... Xichang Qingshan Airport (IATA: XIC, ICAO: ZUXC) is located in the city of Qingshan, near Xichang, Sichuan Province, Peoples Republic of China. ...


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. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses of the term double star, see double star (disambiguation). ...


In 1996, a fatal accident occurred when the rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite failed on launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It is also believed that a 2007 test of an anti-satellite missile occurred from the center. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Long March rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite begins to deviate from its course immediately after launch in these images from the report of the Cox Commission, which investigated the disaster for the U.S. Congress. ... The 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test was a detonation of a missile conducted by the Peoples Republic of China on January 11, 2007. ... Anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) are weapons designed to be used against artificial satellites. ...


XSLC'S Technical Center is state of the art and is fully equipped for testing and integration of the payload and launch vehicle. The Mission Command and Control Center is located 7 kilometers southwest of the launch pad and provides flight and safety control during overall system rehearsal and launch.


As of August 2006, the launch pad number 3 is being upgraded in preparation for the Chang'e lunar exploration program, scheduled for September 2007.[1] 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...



The launch center is visible in GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth. [1]


See also

The space program of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) began in 1968 and was an outgrowth of PRCs attempt to develop an indigenous nuclear deterrent and delivery system after the Sino-Soviet split in 1960. ... Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (酒泉卫星发射中心) is a Peoples Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) in the Gobi desert in Gansu Province located about 1,600 km from Beijing. ... The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) (Chinese: 太原卫星发射中心; pinyin: ) is a Peoples Republic of China space and defence launch facility. ... Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wénchāng WeìxÄ«ng Fāshè ZhōngxÄ«n) located at , is a former sub-orbital test center and currently under expansion. ...

References

  1. ^ “嫦娥一号”发射时间确定 但未到公布时机. XINHUA Online (July 7, 2007). Retrieved on July 29, 2007.

is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

External links

Coordinates: 28°14′45.66″N, 102°1′35.60″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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Spaceports
Brazil (FAB, AEB) Alcantara Launch Center
China (CNSA) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center • Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center • Wenchang Satellite Launch Center • Xichang Satellite Launch Center
France (CNES) / Europe (ESA) Guiana Space Centre (in French Guiana)
India (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Japan (JAXA) Tanegashima Space Center • Uchinoura Space Center
Russia (RKA) Baikonur Cosmodrome (in Kazakhstan) • Dombarovskiy • Kapustin Yar • Plesetsk Cosmodrome • Svobodny
USA (NASA, DoD) Kennedy Space Center • Wallops Flight Facility • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station • Vandenberg Air Force Base
Private in USA: Corn Ranch • Kodiak Launch Complex • Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport • Mojave Spaceport • Oklahoma Spaceport • Spaceport America ♦ elsewhere: Ocean Odyssey
Pakistan (SUPARCO) Sonmiani Launch Center

  Results from FactBites:
 
Xichang Satellite Launch Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (203 words)
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) (Chinese: 西昌卫星发射中心; pinyin: Xīchāng Weìxīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn) is a Chinese facility approximately 64 km northwest of Xichang City in Sichuan Province.
The facility became operational in 1984 and is primarily used to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary communications and weather satellites.
XSLC'S Technical Center is state of the art and is fully equipped for testing and integration of the payload and launch vehicle.
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (260 words)
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 launch center has been the focus of many of China's successful ventures into space, including their first satellite Dong Fang Hong 1 in 1970, and their first manned space mission Shenzhou 5 on October 15, 2003.
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