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A bird-eye view of the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site, Wenchang City, south China's Hainan Province. /China Media Group
The construction of China's first universal launch site for liquid fuel rockets was officially completed in Wenchang City, south China's island province of Hainan, on Thursday.
The new launchpad, which is the No. 2 launchpad of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site, the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site, is equipped with an innovative rapid launch mode, significantly improving launch efficiency and shortening the launch preparation time.
It is designed to meet the launch needs of more than 10 rocket models, including Long March, Kuaizhou and Jielong, from various developers.
Construction of the No.2 launchpad started on October 30, 2022, and its design and completion represent a technological leap for the launch center. Now, the center is expected to enter the full-system joint training phase for the first rocket launch mission.
"We will probably train with a real Long March-12 rocket on the No. 2 launchpad," said Yang Tianliang, president of Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. "We want to make sure that all potential problems are solved before the commercial launches."
(Cover via China Media Group.)