The new spaceport is expected to come up in Mianning County within the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture of southwestern Sichuan province.
China ’s space program has been rapidly expanding in recent years, with ambitious plans to surpass the United States and become a global space power.the new spaceport is expected to come up in Mianning County within the Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture of southwestern Sichuan province.
The proposed site is located within a 100-kilometer proximity to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. “Commercial space flight is a new mode of aerospace business with fast technological iteration, high economic benefits and strong industrial synergy. It is becoming a new growth stream for economic development and an important engine for cultivating new productive forces,” Dong told thethat the Sichuan Development International Commercial Spaceport Company was founded recently to oversee the construction of the space launch platform.
Several cities and provinces, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong, Hainan, and Anhui, have implemented policies to support the development of the commercial space sector.
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