my country’s first commercial space launch site starts construction in Wenchang, Hainan

IT House News on July 6, according to Xinhua News Agency, my country’s first commercial space launch site started in Wenchang, Hainan.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site project was held in Wenchang City, Hainan Province on July 6. This is the first commercial space launch site to be constructed in my country, and will become a major landmark project for Hainan to serve and integrate into the strategy of powering the country in space.

The project, invested and constructed by Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Co., Ltd., will become another major landmark project for Hainan to serve and integrate into the aerospace power strategy and actively embrace the new wave of aerospace industry reform.

IT House learned that Hainan International Commercial Space Launch Co., Ltd. was jointly funded and established by the Hainan Provincial Government, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and China Satellite Network Group Corporation.

Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site is a major project in the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. It is committed to building a world-class, market-oriented space launch site and further enhancing my country’s commercial launch vehicle launch capabilities.

The person in charge of the Hainan provincial government said that Hainan will give full play to the superposition effect of the home field advantage of the commercial space launch site and the policy advantage of the free trade port, aim at the frontier of the world’s commercial aerospace development, and speed up the construction of the rocket chain, satellite chain, and data chain industrial ecosystem, and build a global A first-class international aerospace city.

Wang Guangzhi, deputy director of the Wenchang International Space City Administration, said that Wenchang will promote the development of the commercial aerospace industry this year, accelerate the establishment of a commercial space launch management agency, complete the construction of the first two launch stations at the commercial space launch site, and achieve normalized business in 2024. emission. At the same time, Wenchang plans to promote the construction of space tourism theme parks and China Space Museum, and promote the simultaneous planning and construction of commercial space launch areas and space tourism areas.

According to Wang Guangzhi, Wenchang is currently attracting investment and attracting talents around the industrial layout of the rocket chain, satellite chain and data chain, and a number of industrial projects and functional platforms have landed in Wenchang International Aerospace City. The industrial service center and the aerospace supercomputing center have been capped and will be put into use soon; institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and aerospace companies have signed contracts to settle in. The commercial launch vehicle final assembly and test plant and the satellite assembly and test plant started construction in July last year. After completion, it will have the final assembly and test capabilities of a new generation of medium-sized launch vehicles.

This year, China National Space Administration has set up “BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation Data and Application Center (China)”, “National Space Administration Satellite Data and Application International Cooperation Center” and “National Space Administration High-resolution Earth-to-Earth Center” in Wenchang International Space City Observation System Hainan Data and Application Center”, promotes the international application of satellite data and the domestic application of overseas data, and creates an important node for international exchanges and cooperation in satellite data applications.