Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site

Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
LocationWenchang, Hainan, China
OperatorHICAL
Launch pad(s)Two
Launch Complex 1 launch history
StatusComplete
First launchQ4 2024
Associated
rockets
Long March 8
Long March 8A
Launch Complex 2 launch history
StatusActive
First launch30 November 2024 (Planned)
Long March 12 / Unknown Payload
Associated
rockets
Long March 12 (future)
Tianlong-3 (future)
Pallas-1 (future)
Nebula-1 (future)
Gravity-2 (future)
Kinetica 2 (future)
Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site
Simplified Chinese文昌商业航天发射场
Traditional Chinese文昌商業航天發射場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWénchāng Shāngyè Hángtiān Fāshè Chǎng

The Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site (Chinese: 文昌商业航天发射场), located at Wenchang, Hainan, is China's first commercial space launch site, and 5th space launch site. The launch site started construction in July 2022, and is expected to be put into service in 2024.[1]

  1. ^ "Commercial space launch site begins construction". China Daily. Retrieved 7 July 2022.