Wenchang Space Launch Site of China

The Wenchang Space Launch Site is a rocket launch site located in on the island of , in China. Formally a suborbital test center, it currently serves as China's southernmost spaceport.
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  • Type: Spaceport
  • Description: military space launch facility in Hainan, China
  • Also known as: “Centro de Lanzamiento de Satelites de Wenchang”, “China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site”, “Kozmodrom Venčang”, “Kozmodrom Wenchang”, “MUCD 63810”, “PLA unit 63810”, “Unit 63810 of PLA, Wenchang 571300”, “Vesoljsko izstrelišče Wengchang”, “Wenchang Satellite Launch Center”, “Wenchang Satellite Launch Site”, “Wenchang Space Launch Center”, “Wenchang Space Launch Site”, “Wenchang spaceport”, “WSLC”, “WSLS”, “문창 위성발사장”, “원창 우주발사장”, “中國文昌太空發射場”, and “文昌宇宙発射場”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longlou and Wenjiao.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Wenchang Space Launch Site of China.

Town
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is a town, which is situated 7 km northwest of Wenchang Space Launch Site of China.

Wenchang Space Launch Site of China

Latitude
19.62857° or 19° 37′ 43″ north
Longitude
110.94868° or 110° 56′ 55″ east
Open location code
7PFGJWHX+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 316967069
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­spaceport
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q1246624
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wenchang Space Launch Site of China” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موقع إطلاق الفضاء في وينشانغ”
  • Belarusian: “Вэньчан (касмадром)”
  • Belarusian: “Вэньчан”
  • Bulgarian: “Уънчан”
  • Catalan: “Centre de llançament de satèl·lits de Wenchang”
  • Chinese: “中国文昌航天发射场”
  • Chinese: “文昌太空發射場”
  • Chinese: “文昌航天发射场”
  • Chinese: “文昌航天發射場”
  • Czech: “kosmodrom Wen-čchang”
  • Czech: “Kosmodrom Wen-čchang”
  • Dutch: “Lanceerbasis Wenchang”
  • Finnish: “Wenchangin avaruuskeskus”
  • French: “Base de lancement de Wenchang”
  • French: “centre spatial de Wenchang”
  • Galician: “Centro de Lanzamento de Satélites de Wenchang”
  • German: “Kosmodrom Wenchang”
  • Greek: “Διαστημικό Κέντρο Γουεντσάνγκ”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז שיגור הלוויינים ונצ’אנג”
  • Hindi: “वेनचांग उपग्रह प्रक्षेपण केंद्र”
  • Indonesian: “Pusat Peluncuran Satelit Wenchang”
  • Italian: “centro spaziale di Wenchang”
  • Italian: “Centro spaziale di Wenchang”
  • Japanese: “文昌衛星発射センター”
  • Japanese: “文昌衛星発射場”
  • Korean: “원창 위성발사센터”
  • Latvian: “Veņčanas Kosmosā palaišanas centrs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wenchang”
  • Persian: “مرکز راه‌اندازی فضایی ون‌چانگ”
  • Polish: “Centrum Startowe Satelitów Wenchang”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Lançamento de Satélite de Wenchang”
  • Portuguese: “Centro de Lançamento Espacial de Wenchang”
  • Russian: “Вэньчан”
  • Slovak: “Wen-čchang (kozmodróm)”
  • Slovak: “Wen-čchang”
  • Slovenian: “Vesoljsko izstrelišče Venčang”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Lanzamiento de Satélites de Wenchang”
  • Swedish: “Wenchangs satellituppskjutningscenter”
  • Thai: “ศูนย์ส่งดาวเทียมเหวินชาง”
  • Ukrainian: “Веньчан”
  • Vietnamese: “Bãi phóng vũ trụ Văn Xương”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung tâm phóng vệ tinh Văn Xương”
  • Yue Chinese: “中國文昌航天發射場”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 文昌航天主题公园 and 龙楼镇人民政府.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: LH2 fueling facility and Long March 5 (⌀5 m) vertical integration facility.

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