Where is the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center?

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located at the foot of the Baori Ula Gacha Bayin Baoged Mountain in the Ejina Banner of the Alxa League in Inner Mongolia. It is spread over an area of ??2,800 square kilometers in Jiuquan City and the Alxa League, with approximately 95 % of the sub-bases are located in Jiuquan City, and 5% of the sub-bases are located in Alxa League.

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as "Dongfeng Space City", is one of the launch test bases for China's scientific satellites, technology test satellites and launch vehicles. It is the earliest and largest comprehensive missile and satellite in China. launch center. In 2017, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base in Gansu 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.

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Development of Jiujiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is one of the four famous satellite launch bases in China Since its establishment in 1958, the center has created many impressive firsts for the development of China's aerospace industry:

On April 21, 1970, China's first artificial earth satellite was launched here. Rising;

On November 26, 1975, the first returnable artificial satellite was launched here;

On May 18, 1980, the first long-range launch vehicle was launched here Fly here to the scheduled airspace of the Pacific Ocean;

On September 20, 1981, three satellites were launched into space with one rocket for the first time.

At present, the 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.