Where is Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center?

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located at the foot of Baoriwula Gachaba Yinbaogede Mountain in Ejina Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia. It is distributed in Jiuquan City and Fiona Fang of Alashan League, with about 95% of its sub-bases in Jiuquan City and 5% in Alashan League.

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as "Dongfeng Aerospace City", is one of the launch test bases for scientific satellites, technical test satellites and launch vehicles in China, and the earliest and largest comprehensive missile and satellite launch center in China. 20 17 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base in Gansu Province was selected as one of the "First Ten National Sci-tech Tourism Bases" by National Tourism Administration and China Academy of Sciences.

Development of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

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

1970 April 2 1 day, China's first artificial earth satellite rose here;

1975165438+1October 26th, the first recoverable satellite was launched here.

1980 May 18, the first long-range launch vehicle flew from here to the scheduled airspace in the Pacific Ocean;

1981September 20th, three satellites were sent into space by a rocket for the first time.

At present, the scenic spots open to domestic tourists are: satellite launch site, command and control center, test center, field history museum, revolutionary martyrs cemetery, Dongfeng reservoir, desert Populus euphratica forest and so on.