Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
酒泉卫星发射中心
Launch of a LM-2D at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Location within Inner Mongolia
Alternative names	Dongfeng Aerospace City
General information
Status	Complete
Location	Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia
Coordinates	40°58′03″N 100°16′43″E / 40.96750°N 100.27861°E / 40.96750; 100.27861
Opened	1958

Coordinates: 40°57′38″N 100°17′54″E / 40.96056°N 100.29833°E / 40.96056; 100.29833

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC; Chinese: 酒泉卫星发射中心; pinyin: Jiǔquán Wèixīng Fāshè Zhòngxīn) is a Chinese space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) located in the Gobi desert, Inner Mongolia. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10). Although the facility is geographically located within Ejin Banner of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League, it is named after the nearest city, Jiuquan in Gansu Province.

It was founded in 1958, the first of China's three spaceports. More Chinese launches have occurred at Jiuquan than anywhere else. As with all 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), which also includes PLAAF test flight facilities, a space museum and a martyr's cemetery (东风烈士陵园).

JSLC 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.