Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
| Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | |
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| 太原卫星发射中心 | |
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| Alternative names | Base 25 |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Location | Kelan, Xinzhou, Shanxi |
| Coordinates | 38°50′56.71″N 111°36′30.59″E / 38.8490861°N 111.6084972°E |
| Opened | 1968 |
| Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 太原卫星发射中心 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 太原衛星發射中心 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tàiyuán Wèixīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn |
Coordinates: 38°50′57″N 111°36′29″E / 38.8491°N 111.608°E
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) also known as Base 25 (Chinese: 二十五基地), is a People's Republic of China space and defence launch facility (spaceport). It is situated in Kelan County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province and is the second of three launch sites having been founded in March 1966 and coming into full operation in 1968. Taiyuan sits at an altitude of 1500 meters and its dry weather makes it an ideal launch site. Confusingly, U.S. intelligence designates TSLC the 'Wuzhai Missile and Space Test Centre", despite the fact that it is outside the borders of Wuzhai County.
The site is primarily used to launch meteorological satellites, earth resource satellites and scientific satellites on Long March launch vehicles into sun-synchronous orbits. TSLC is also a major launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles and overland Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) tests.
The site has a sophisticated Technical Center and Mission Command and Control Center. It is served by two feeder railways that connect with the Ningwu–Kelan Railway.
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