Oriental Spaceport Revealed: Shandong Maritime Solid Rocket Launch Base

Shandong Maritime Solid Rocket Launch Base is China’s only maritime launch home port - Eastern Airport.

The Oriental Spaceport is located in Haiyang City, Yantai City, Shandong Province. It is independent and safe and can meet the launch needs of satellites in various orbits such as small inclination angles and sun-synchronous orbits. It is the fifth rocket launch site in China. , is China’s only sea launch home port for launch vehicles.

The project relies on Yantai’s superior geographical location and port conditions, and leverages its unique advantages of a strong industrial manufacturing foundation in aerospace, offshore engineering, etc., to build a space sea launch home port, as well as a rocket R&D and manufacturing center, a satellite payload R&D and manufacturing center, The maritime launch platform R&D and manufacturing center and satellite data application development center radiate and drive intelligent manufacturing equipment, logistics equipment, energy equipment, new aerospace materials, aerospace tourism and other related industries.

On June 5, 2019, the Long March 11 solid launch vehicle set off from here and completed the first sea launch of my country's launch vehicle. Since its establishment, the Oriental Spaceport has been committed to becoming the country's first commercial aerospace industrialization base integrating sea launch, satellite application, satellite and arrow production and research, supporting integration, and aerospace culture and tourism, with high added value, low cost, and a full industry chain. , its future status will play a decisive role. In the future, a tens-billion-level commercial aerospace high-tech industry cluster will emerge in an all-round way, and China will achieve regular launches at sea.

On July 30, 2019, we learned from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation that our country plans to launch the "China Oriental Space Port" project within this year and plans to build my country's first sea launch home port in Yantai, Shandong to promote high-speed sea launches. Frequent, normalized and systematic. As of July 2019, the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology Group, the Yantai Municipal Government and the offshore engineering partner have officially signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement, laying the foundation for in-depth cooperation in various fields and jointly promoting the construction of the "China Oriental Space Port" project foundation.

In 2022, after several years of rapid development, Haiyang Dongfang Space Port will have the annual production capacity of 20 solid launch vehicle assembly and testing capabilities and the ability to support maritime launches. As of April 2022, the space port has introduced 12 aerospace industry-related projects, involving star arrow R&D and manufacturing, satellite data applications, aerospace high-end supporting facilities, aerospace + offshore equipment, air and space transportation and carrying services, aerospace cultural tourism, Aerospace technology applications and other fields.