Named Jiuquan launch center, there are practical considerations of material supply. Although the base is in Inner Mongolia, its capital, Hohhot, is thousands of kilometers away from the base, and the material supply can't keep up. Therefore, the long-term material supply of the base is mostly borne by Lanzhou and Jiuquan, so it is closer to Jiuquan emotionally. In addition, Jiuquan has built the railway, expressway and living area of Jiuquan-Aerospace City, so people's hearts have always turned to Jiuquan.
There is also a historical reason for taking Jiuquan as its name. During the Cultural Revolution, the division of Inner Mongolia was adjusted, among which Ejina was transferred to Jiuquan City until 1979. So the launch center did belong to Jiuquan for a while. However, after all, at the beginning, more than 0/000 herdsmen in Ejina Banner made great sacrifices for the relocation of the base, so compensation should be made. With the efforts of Inner Mongolia, the tax of the base was collected by Ejina Banner. Most other public services are still provided by Jiuquan. The annual average temperature is 8.5℃ and the relative humidity is 35%-55%. The launch test can be carried out for about 300 days every year, and the TT&C network of land space from Kashgar in the west to Fujian in the east can be fully utilized. In addition, the base has been built for many years, and the living facilities are basically complete, and the supporting facilities such as technical support, TT&C communication, railway transportation, power generation and distribution are perfect. Conditions are very suitable for launching satellites and manned spacecraft.
The nearest airport is located at 40.25 degrees north latitude and 99.48 degrees east longitude, namely Jiuquan Ding Xin Airport. The core building of the base is the "Vertical Assembly Test Workshop", which is 74m high, 8m wide at the top and14m wide at the bottom, with an overall weight of over 350 tons. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has large, medium and small launch sites as well as meteorological and sounding rocket launch sites.
In terms of landing site, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has a main landing site and an auxiliary landing site. The auxiliary landing site is located near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and the main landing site is located in Siziwangqi, east of Badain Jaran Desert in Inner Mongolia. Because the first manned spacecraft, Shenzhou 5, only flew in space for one day, the weather change of the main landing site can be predicted in time and accurately, so the auxiliary landing site has not been activated; The Shenzhou VI spacecraft launched in 2005 will fly in space for many days, and the weather is difficult to predict accurately, so the auxiliary landing site will be used as a backup landing site.
Every manned space launch, the base needs tens of thousands of people to work at the launch site, with thousands of core positions, which requires very careful arrangement and coordination.