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| Attribute | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | Wallops Flight Facility 🇺🇸 United States Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × |
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| Operator | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force | NASA |
| Ownership | Military | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇨🇳 China | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Launch pads | 4 active (SLS-1, SLS-2 Long March 2C/4; LC-43 crewed Shenzhou; LC-43/921 Long March 2F)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | 2 orbital (Pad 0A Antares, Pad 0B Minotaur-C)as of [1] |
| Annual launches | ~20as of [1] | 6–10as of [1]Includes Antares/Cygnus cargo + sounding rocket campaigns |
| Max payload (LEO) | 8,500 kg to LEO (Long March 2F)as of [1] | 8,000 kg to LEO (Antares 230+)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity |
| First operational launch | 1970-04-24as of [1]Dong Fang Hong 1 — China's first satellite; first orbital launch from Jiuquan | 1945-06-27as of [1]First Wallops Island V-2/WAC Corporal test; orbital launches began 1961 |
| Regulatory regime | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) | NASA range + FAA-AST Part 450 commercial license under MARS operating agreement |
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