China's first coastal satellite launch pad

The location near the sea of ​​the Hainan Satellite Launching Center increases the speed and fuel economy of missiles.

According to QQ, Wen Xuong satellite center is located in Wuchang City, Hainan Province, China.The center was started in 2009 and completed in 2014, the most modern of the four satellite launches in China, and the first satellite launch site to be located on the coast.Three other defense bases are Shuuquan in Gobi desert, Taiyuan in Shaanxi and Xichang provinces in Sichuan province.

In the picture are the workers ending a working day on the launch pad.Van Xuong was built to meet China's demand for aerospace development.The location near the sea, near the equator of the launch site helps take advantage of Earth's rotation, speeding up and saving fuel for missiles.

Truong Chinh 5 missile tower (CZ-5) is one of two towers launched at Van Xuong center.The rocket launcher is surrounded by 4 lightning towers.This tower is connected to a rocket assembly workshop with a 2.8km track.According to the staff here, Van Xuong center will have two new missile systems with a diameter of 5 meters and 3.5 meters respectively, according to the form of Truong Chinh 5 and Truong Chinh 7, ie CZ-7.

Under the CZ-5 rocket launch tower.Below the launch tower is a 24-meter deep-water island.When the missile is activated, the inverted well will cause the flame to not be blown out, while spraying water against explosion.

The CZ-5 rocket assembly workshop is 99.4 meters high, has 14 floors on the ground and a basement.

Equipment in the assembly factory.

Rail connecting the workshop assembly, testing with the launch tower.Missiles will be transported by rail, placed horizontally and assembled.The missile takes nearly 2 hours to move from the workshop to the launch tower.

Mobile satellite launchers painted gray and orange.Its mobile features make rocket transport safer and more stable than fixed support columns.

Photo of the CZ-7 missile on the launch pad on June 22.This mobile launcher can turn when moving on the tracks.The launcher weighs about 1,800 tons, adding a CZ-7 missile that will have a total weight of 2,400 tons.The launch area is equivalent to two basketball courts (a standard basketball court is 28 meters long and 15 meters wide).

Command center rocket launcher.

Car transporting helium gas into the launch pad.Helium gas is used to condense hydrogen and oxygen to create rocket fuel.