Base 25

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Base 25 is a major Chinese spaceport and ballistic missile test facility located near Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, used primarily for launching satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballistic missile test facility
spaceport
alsoKnownAs TSLC NERFINISHED
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED
associatedWith Long March launch vehicle family NERFINISHED
controlledBy Chinese government NERFINISHED
country China
distanceFromCoast hundreds of kilometers
environment inland launch site
hasCapability launching multiple payloads per year
hasLaunchPadsFor Long March 2C NERFINISHED
Long March 4A NERFINISHED
Long March 4B NERFINISHED
Long March 4C NERFINISHED
Long March rockets NERFINISHED
hasRunway no
hasWeatherConditions cold winters
dry climate
infrastructureType integration buildings
launch complexes
propellant storage facilities
tracking and control facilities
launchAzimuthsInclude southward trajectories
launchesFrom Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center NERFINISHED
launchSafetyConsideration downrange impact zones over sparsely populated areas
locatedIn Shanxi Province NERFINISHED
Taiyuan NERFINISHED
northern China NERFINISHED
nearCity Taiyuan NERFINISHED
operatedBy People's Liberation Army NERFINISHED
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force NERFINISHED
partOf Chinese space program NERFINISHED
primaryMission launching Earth observation satellites
launching meteorological satellites
launching remote sensing satellites
region Shanxi NERFINISHED
securityLevel military
supportsOrbitType low Earth orbit
polar orbit
sun-synchronous orbit
usedBy China National Space Administration NERFINISHED
Chinese military NERFINISHED
usedFor ballistic missile tests
polar orbit launches
satellite launches
sun-synchronous orbit launches
usedSince late 20th century

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