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13-554: It launched from Launch Area 2B at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China. It was a 2-stage rocket that flew four times. On its first flight on 5 November 1974, a cable connecting the pitch rate control gyroscope to the guidance system became disconnected, resulting in a loss of control and launch failure. This rocketry article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This China -related article

26-676: A range of spacecraft , launch vehicles , and ground equipment. It also has a division for strategic and tactical missile systems. CASC was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956. Along with space and defense manufacture, CASC also produces machinery , chemicals , communications equipment, transportation equipment, computers , medical care products and environmental protection equipment. CASC provides commercial launch services to

39-530: Is SASAC, the company's headquarters are still in Beijing, the business areas remained the same and nothing changed for the staff either. In 2021, China's 14th five year plan included two low Earth orbit satellite constellations named “GW” featuring nearly 13,000 satellites was in development. The "directly subordinated units" of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation are: In 2006

52-525: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre 40°57′29″N 100°17′28″E  /  40.95806°N 100.29111°E  / 40.95806; 100.29111 Download coordinates as: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ( JSLC ; Chinese : 酒泉卫星发射中心 ; pinyin : Jiǔquán Wèixīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn also known as Shuangchengzi Missile Test Center; Launch Complex B2; formally Northwest Comprehensive Missile Testing Facility ( 西北综合导弹试验基地 ); Base 20; 63600 Unit)

65-634: Is a Chinese space vehicle launch facility ( spaceport ) located between the Ejin , Alxa , Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County , Jiuquan , Gansu Province . It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10). Because 95% of JSLC located in Jinta County, Jiuquan, the launch center is named after Jiuquan. The launch center straddles both sides of the Ruo Shui river. It was founded in 1958,

78-492: Is currently active and consists in a main launch area used by CASC to handle the launches of several Long March vehicles and a variety of concrete pads for small rocket launches. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation ( CASC ) is a main contractor for the Chinese space program . It is state-owned and has subsidiaries which design, develop and manufacture

91-845: Is usually used to launch vehicles into lower and medium orbits with large orbital inclination angles, as well as testing medium to long-range missiles . Its facilities are state of the art and provide support to every phase of a satellite launch campaign. The site includes the Technical Center, the Launch Complex, the Launch Control Center, the Mission Command and Control Center and various other logistical support systems. The center covers 2800 km and may have housing for as many as 20,000 people. The facilities and launch support equipment were likely modelled on Soviet counterparts and

104-503: The Shenzhou program including crewed flights to the Tiangong space station , have launched from Jiuquan. In August 2016, China launched the first quantum communication satellite, the " Quantum Experiments at Space Scale ", from the center. In August 2018, Chinese private rocket manufacturing startups i-Space and OneSpace launched sub-orbital rockets from the center. On July 25, 2019,

117-815: The Soviet Union likely provided technical support to Jiuquan. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center was expanded during the Third Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's rugged interior to prepare for potential invasion by the Soviet Union or the United States. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's ventures into space, including their first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970, and their first crewed space mission Shenzhou 5 on 15 October 2003. As of 2021, all Chinese crewed space flights, meaning all flights in

130-671: The US Department of the Treasury accused Great Wall Industry and its partners of playing a lead role in the development of the Fateh missile system , as Iran had no previous experience with solid-fueled ballistic missiles. In November 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting U.S. companies and individuals owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to

143-401: The first Chinese private orbital launch took place from Jiuquan as I-Space launched their Hyperbola-1 rocket. The launch site comprises two launch complexes, each containing several launch locations. All the launch statistics reported below are up to date as of December 2023. The North Launch Complex consists in two different launch areas, both currently inactive. The South Launch complex

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156-438: The first of China's four spaceports. As with most Chinese launch facilities, it is remote and generally closed to foreigners. The Satellite Launch Center is a part of Dongfeng Space City ( 东风航天城 ), also known as Base 10 ( 十号基地 ) or Dongfeng base ( 东风基地 ). The Dongfeng site also includes People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) test flight facilities, a space museum and a so-called martyr's cemetery ( 东风烈士陵园 ). JSLC

169-594: The international market. By the end of 2013, the corporation has registered capital of CN¥294.02 billion and employs 170,000 people. In December 2017, the CASC was restructured from a state-owned enterprise (全民所有制企业) to a state-owned enterprise with limited liability (国有独资公司) with the approval of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC). The sole shareholder

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