{"id":25408,"date":"2026-06-20T23:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/chinas-new-home-port-for-space-exploration-decoding-wenchang-space-launch-site\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T23:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:48:19","slug":"chinas-new-home-port-for-space-exploration-decoding-wenchang-space-launch-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/chinas-new-home-port-for-space-exploration-decoding-wenchang-space-launch-site\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s New Home Port for Space Exploration | Decoding Wenchang Space Launch Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Basic information<\/p>\n<p>Address: Longlou Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province<\/p>\n<p>Coordinates: 19\u00b019\u20320.18\u2033N, 109\u00b048\u20320.15\u2033E<\/p>\n<p>Construction time: September 14, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Completion time: mid-October 2014<\/p>\n<p> Activation time: June 2016 <\/p>\n<p>2. Launch process<\/p>\n<p>Rocket: The rocket undergoes final assembly at the Tianjin Rocket Base and is then shipped at the Tianjin Port. It passes through the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, South China Sea and other sea areas. It takes 5-7 days and sails 1,800 nautical miles to arrive at Qinglan Wharf in Wenchang City, Hainan Province. It is then transported by road to the rocket horizontal transfer preparation plant inside the launch site. After the rocket was tested in the comprehensive test hall, it entered the vertical assembly test plant for erection, docking, and comprehensive testing.<\/p>\n<p>Spacecraft: transported by air to Haikou Meilan Airport, and then transported by road to the spacecraft assembly and testing plant inside the Wenchang Space Launch Site. After the spacecraft completes the final assembly test, it is transported in a vertical state to the filling and fairing assembly plant for propellant filling and fairing assembly. It is then transported vertically as a spacecraft\/fairing combination to the rocket vertical assembly test plant for docking and installation with the rocket.<\/p>\n<p> Rocket\/spacecraft complex: Conduct a general inspection of the complex and carry out relevant transition preparations, then transport the complex vertically and integrally to the launch station, perform fueling, and ignite the launch. <\/p>\n<p>3. Launch station<\/p>\n<p>(1) Completed workstations<\/p>\n<p>There are 2 workstations that have been built, namely:<\/p>\n<p>Station 101: Launching Long March 5 and Long March 5B carrier rockets;<\/p>\n<p>Station 201: Launch Long March 7, Long March 7A, and Long March 8 carrier rockets.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Not yet completed<\/p>\n<p> Station 301: Launching the Long March 10 carrier rocket. <\/p>\n<p>4. Positioning and advantages<\/p>\n<p>(1) Positioning<\/p>\n<p>It undertakes space launch missions such as geosynchronous orbit satellites, large-mass polar orbit satellites, large-tonnage space stations and deep space exploration spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Advantages<\/p>\n<p>Low latitude: Low latitude and close to the equator. The rotation of the earth can be used to allow the rocket to carry more payloads.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting range is wide: from east to south.<\/p>\n<p>Safety of the landing area: The landing areas are all in the ocean, and falling debris is less likely to cause accidents, which is conducive to the development of reusable rockets.<\/p>\n<p> Can develop high-thrust rockets: Rockets can be transported by sea, and the diameter of the rocket body is not limited by railway bridge culverts, which is conducive to the development of high-thrust and large-diameter rockets. <\/p>\n<p>5. Previous launch missions<\/p>\n<p>serial number<\/p>\n<p>emission<\/p>\n<p>time<\/p>\n<p>carry<\/p>\n<p>Rocket<\/p>\n<p>main load<\/p>\n<p>track<\/p>\n<p>type<\/p>\n<p>Remark<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>June 25, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Expedition No.1A<\/p>\n<p>LEO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>November 03, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Practice No. 17<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>April 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>July 2, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Practice No. 18<\/p>\n<p>SSTO<\/p>\n<p>fail<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>December 27, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Practice No. 20<\/p>\n<p>SSTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>March 16, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>New Technology Experiment No. 6<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>fail<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>May 05, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5B<\/p>\n<p>New generation manned spacecraft test ship<\/p>\n<p>LEO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>July 23, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Tianwen-1 Mars Probe<\/p>\n<p>TMI<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>November 24, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Chang&#8217;e 5 lunar probe<\/p>\n<p>TLI<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>December 22, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Long March 8<\/p>\n<p>New Technology Experiment No. 7<\/p>\n<p>SSO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>11<\/p>\n<p>March 12, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>Experiment 9 satellite<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n<p>April 29, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5B<\/p>\n<p>Tianhe core cabin<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>13<\/p>\n<p>May 29, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>14<\/p>\n<p>September 20, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>15<\/p>\n<p>December 23, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>Test No. 12 Star 01\/02<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>16<\/p>\n<p>February 27, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Long March 8<\/p>\n<p>Hainan-1 Group 01 and other 22 stars<\/p>\n<p>SSO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>17<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>18<\/p>\n<p>July 24, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5B<\/p>\n<p>Wentian experimental cabin<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>19<\/p>\n<p>September 13, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>ChinaStar 1E<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>20<\/p>\n<p>October 31, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5B<\/p>\n<p>Mengtian experimental cabin<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>21<\/p>\n<p>November 12, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>22<\/p>\n<p>January 9, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>Practice No. 23<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>23<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>24<\/p>\n<p>November 03, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>Communications Technology Experimental Satellite No. 10<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>25<\/p>\n<p>December 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Remote Sensing Satellite 41<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>26<\/p>\n<p>January 17, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Long March 7<\/p>\n<p>Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft<\/p>\n<p>LEO\/CSS<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>27<\/p>\n<p>February 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Communication Technology Experiment Satellite 11<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>28<\/p>\n<p>March 20, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Long March 8<\/p>\n<p>Queqiao No. 2, Tiandu No. 1, Tiandu No. 2<\/p>\n<p>TLI<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>29<\/p>\n<p>May 03, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Long March 5<\/p>\n<p>Chang&#8217;e-6 lunar probe<\/p>\n<p>TLI<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n<p>30<\/p>\n<p>June 29, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Long March No. 7A<\/p>\n<p>ChinaStar 3A<\/p>\n<p>GTO<\/p>\n<p>success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Basic information Address: Longlou Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province Coordinates: 19\u00b019\u20320.18\u2033N, 109\u00b048\u20320.15\u2033E Construction time: September 14, 2009 Completion time: mid-October 2014 Activation time: June 2016 2. Launch process Rocket: The rocket undergoes final assembly at the Tianjin Rocket Base and is then shipped at the Tianjin Port. 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