Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou[4][5] is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than 600 km (370 mi) wide from east to west, occupying 191,342 km 2 (73,878 sq mi), although its built-up area is …

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC; Chinese: 酒泉卫星发射中心; pinyin: Jiǔquán Wèixīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn also known as Shuangchengzi Missile Test Center; Launch Complex B2; formally Northwest Comprehensive Missile Testing Facility (西北综合导弹试验基地); Base 20; 63600 Unit) [1] is a Chinese space vehicle launch ...

Jiuquan, city, western Gansu sheng (province), China. An important staging post on the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, Jiuquan was founded in 111 bce as a military outpost. From 602 ce onward it was the seat of Suzhou prefecture, and under the Tang dynasty (618–907) it was given its present name. From the 5th century onward, it became the ...

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC), located in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia, China, was established in 1958 as the country's first spaceport. Renowned for launching China's first satellite in 1970 and its inaugural crewed space mission in 2003, JSLC primarily supports launches into lower and medium orbits with large inclination angles.

Jul 22, 2024 · Jiuquan is the hometown of Dunhuang art, the cradle of modern spaceflight, and the birthplace of China's oil and nuclear industry. About 200 km (124 mi) away from Jiuquan City, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre is the earliest and largest comprehensive rocket and satellite launch center in China and the only manned space launch site.

Feb 15, 2025 · The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) is far more than a collection of launch pads and buildings in the seemingly endless Gobi Desert. It represents a crucial element of China’s space program, a location where ambitions of reaching the cosmos have repeatedly transformed into tangible realities.

Sep 5, 2012 · Jiuquan (酒泉; Jiǔquán) is a city in Gansu Province, best known as the home of China's human spaceflight program. Over twenty-five trains pass through Jiuquan every day. From Jiuquan you can reach Lanzhou (7 hrs), Urumqi (13 hrs), Xi'an (14 hrs), Chengdu (15 hrs), Beijing (20 hrs), Chongqing (12 hrs), Jinan (23 hrs), and a number of smaller cities.

1 day ago · Jiuquan, or “Wine Spring,” is a major stopover on the "Silk Road" northwestwards from Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province. From the second century B.C., commissioners and high-ranking officers were dispatched by the rulers of Western Han Dynasty (306 B.C.- 34 A.D.) to develop the region.

Aug 16, 2023 · Jiuquan city is the hometown of Dunhuang Art, the cradle of modern spaceflight, and the birthplace of China's oil and nuclear industry. It is also the birthplace of "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi and "Iron Man Spirit". The total area of Jiuquan city is 192,000 km 2, accounting for 42% of all of Gansu province. Jiuquan is made up of one district, two ...

With continuous mountain ranges, vast Gobi Desert, adjoining basins, Jiuquan forms a majestic and unique landscape of Northwest China. It has snow-capped glaciers in silver dress, oasis green belts with murmuring streams, as well as desert mirages over the Gobi wilderness.