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| Attribute | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 🇨🇳 China Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Agency-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | ISC Kosmotras (defunct) / Russian Strategic Rocket Forces | CNSA / PLA Strategic Support Force | Highlands and Islands Enterprise / Orbex |
| Ownership | Military | Military | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇷🇺 Russia | 🇨🇳 China | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| 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 | — |
| Annual launches | 0 | ~20as of [1] | 0 |
| Max payload (LEO) | — | 8,500 kg to LEO (Long March 2F)as of [1] ↑ Highest capacity | — |
| First operational launch | 1999 | 1970-04-24as of [1]Dong Fang Hong 1 — China's first satellite; first orbital launch from Jiuquan | 2023 |
| Regulatory regime | Russian Ministry of Defence + Roscosmos; commercial operations ceased after Russia-Ukraine cooperation collapse 2014/2022 | Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) | UK CAA under the Space Industry Act 2018; planning consent granted Aug 2022 by Highland Council |
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