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OTHER NAMES: Shuang Cheng Tsu (SCT) missile test center; Launch Complex B2
Established in 1958 for military rocket launches. Located in Jiuquan, Gansu Province. Converted to civilian satellite launch site, used to launch low earth orbit (LEO) and solar synchronous orbit (SSO) satellites.
Assembly and launch site for ballistic missiles and most of China's space launch vehicles (SLVs), including military reconnaissance satellites. Previously called the Shuang Cheng Tsu missile test center, where many of China's ballistic missile launches were conducted. Converted to a dual-use role, divided into civilian and military activities. Possibly a war reserve missile storage, deployment, and launch site.
[Sources: Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume 5, pp. 339, 340, 351; Tong Lianjie, "Xichang Satellite Launch Center," Aerospace China, Summer 1992, pp. 17-20; Phillip S. Clark, "China's Recoverable Satellite Programme," Jane's Intelligence Review, November 1993, p. 517; Risk Report, May 1995, p. 7; Air and Cosmos/Aviation International (Paris), 25 October 1996, in FBIS-CST-96-020, 25 October 1996.]
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