🇨🇳Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Inner Mongolia, China, China
Country
🇨🇳 China
Region
Asia
Established
1958
Launches / Year
15-20
Coordinates
40.9605° N, 100.2915° E
About
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is China's oldest and most historically significant space launch facility. Located in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia, it is the primary site for China's crewed space missions, including all Shenzhou flights to the Tiangong space station. It also supports a range of LEO and SSO satellite launches.
Key Features
China's oldest launch center — operational since 1958
Primary site for all Chinese crewed (Shenzhou) missions
Located in the Gobi Desert with vast downrange safety zones
Supports Long March 2F for crewed flights and other LM variants
Launch base for numerous Chinese commercial launch companies
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
Shenzhou 5 (2003) — Yang Liwei becomes China's first astronaut
Shenzhou 9 (2012) — First Chinese woman in space (Liu Yang)
Tiangong space station crew rotations (2021-present)
Numerous Long March 2D/4C satellite missions
Hyperbola-1 (2019) — First Chinese private orbital launch