Where is the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located? Where is its specific location?

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located in Jiuquan City and Alxa League within a radius of 2,800 square kilometers. About 95% of its sub-bases are located in Jiuquan City and 5% of its sub-bases are located in Alxa League.

1. The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base is about 200km away from Jiuquan City and about 500km (straight-line distance) from Alxa League. So the closest prefecture-level city is Jiuquan City, where construction of the Jiuquan Launch Center began in 1958.

2. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has an inland and desert climate, with flat terrain, sparsely populated areas, little rain throughout the year, long daylight hours, an annual average temperature of 8.5°C, a relative humidity of 35-55, and a distance of thousands Kilometers of land and aerospace measurement and control network, plus the base has been built for many years, and the living facilities are basically complete.

Extended information:

1. The Satellite Launch Center (Satellite launch center) is the main place for aerospace activities. The bases are located at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province and were founded in 1958. The Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan was founded in 1970, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi was founded in 1967, and the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan was founded in 2009.

2. China’s manned space program was approved and officially launched on September 21, 1992. Therefore, the project was named “Project 921” and the launch site was set at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, which has created countless brilliant achievements. . On March 28, 2017, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base in Gansu Province was selected as one of the “First Batch of China’s Top Ten Science and Technology Tourism Bases” by the National Tourism Administration and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

3. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is one of the four famous satellite launch bases in China. On September 20, 1981, it launched three satellites into space with one rocket for the first time. Attractions open to domestic tourists include: satellite launch site, command and control center, testing center, field history exhibition hall, revolutionary martyrs cemetery, Dongfeng Reservoir, desert Populus euphratica forest, etc.

Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia_Satellite Launch Center Baidu Encyclopedia_Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center