China hold a cornerstone laying ceremony for the construction of the new space center in Hainan today. The new space center is located in Wenchang City, on the northeast coast of Hainan Province, about 60 kilometers form Haikou, which is the capital city of Hainan Province. According to the schedular, the space center will be completed by 2013.
The director of the space center said this space center is the fourth and the lowest latitude one in China, only 19 degrees north of the equator. This space center will be mainly used for launching synchronous satellites, heavy satellites, large space stations, and deep space probe satellites. Vice president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Liang Xiaohong said this center is likely to be the launch base for China's new-generation Long March 5 rocket, which is under development and will be put into service in 2014.
The center is designed to launch up to 10-12 rockets every year, and it consists of a space launch port, a space theme park, a rocket assembling plant, a rocket launch base and the command center.
Because of it's low latitude, it will use less fuel to put the rocket into orbit.
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