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Bookmark or Share- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Overview - RocketLaunch.orgThe Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC), located in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia, China, was established in 1958 as the country's first spaceport. Renowned for launching China's first satellite in 1970 and its inaugural crewed space mission in 2003, JSLC primarily supports launches into lower and medium orbits with large inclination angles.
- China's mysterious space plane returns to Earth after 268 days in orbitChina's mysterious space plane has returned to Earth after spending over 8 months in orbit. The reusable spacecraft landed at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in a remote section of northwest...
- Jiuquan - WikitravelJiuquan (酒泉; Jiǔquán) is a city in Gansu Province, best known as the home of China's human spaceflight program. Over twenty-five trains pass through Jiuquan every day. From Jiuquan you can reach Lanzhou (7 hrs), Urumqi (13 hrs), Xi'an (14 hrs), Chengdu (15 hrs), Beijing (20 hrs), Chongqing (12 hrs), Jinan (23 hrs), and a number of smaller cities.
- Jiuquan Launch Center_CHINA MANNED SPACE - cmse.gov.cnJiuquan Manned Space Launch Site, officially put into service in 1998, adopts the world-classed “vertical assembly, vertical testing and vertical transport” strategy as well as remote test-launch-control mode.
- Jiuquan, Gausu: China's Largest Satellite Launch Center - TravelChinaGuideJiuquan is the hometown of Dunhuang art, the cradle of modern spaceflight, and the birthplace of China's oil and nuclear industry. About 200 km (124 mi) away from Jiuquan City, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre is the earliest and largest comprehensive rocket and satellite launch center in China and the only manned space launch site.
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