Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-05

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00:00:53 1 History
00:01:02 1.1 China's first manned space program
00:01:38 1.2 First Long March-2E carrier rocket
00:02:00 1.3 1996 Launch accident
00:02:33 1.4 China's first successful ASAT test
00:03:17 1.5 Beginning of China's lunar exploration program
00:03:39 1.6 First Long March-3C carrier rocket
00:04:05 1.7 Future of the center
00:04:41 2 Facilities
00:04:50 2.1 Launch Complex 1 (LC-1)
00:05:05 2.2 Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
00:05:22 2.3 Launch Complex 3 (LC-3)
00:05:52 2.4 Technical Center
00:06:31 3 See also



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The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), also known as the Xichang Space Center, is a People's Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) approximately 64 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.
The facility became operational in 1984 and is primarily used to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary communications and weather satellites. It is notable as the site of Sino-European space cooperation, with the launch of the first of two Double Star scientific satellites in December 2003. Chinese officials have indicated interest in conducting additional international satellite launches from XSLC.In 1996, a fatal accident occurred when the rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite failed on launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.  Also, a 2007 test of an anti-satellite missile occurred from the center.