Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
2019 to present
Site Details
- Country: China
- Operator: Shandong province and commercial launch firms
- Type: Commercial
Overview
A port on the Yellow Sea in Shandong province that serves as home base for Chinese sea launches. Rockets are prepared at Haiyang and shipped to offshore platforms, beginning with a Long March 11 launch in June 2019, the first Chinese orbital launch from the sea. Commercial rockets such as Jielong-3 have followed.
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