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    Xichang (Northern Yi: /o̝˨˩dʐo̝˧/) is a city in and the seat of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Sichuan, China. The Qiongdu were...
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    coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC), also known as the Xichang Space Center, is a spaceport in China. It...
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    on its cliffs, often known as "cliff villages". Xichang has the Xichang Qingshan Airport and the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The prefecture also features...
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    Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Ningyuan, situated on Sanya Street, Xichang (formerly known as Ningyuan), capital of Nosu-inhabited Liangshan Yi Autonomous...
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  • On 20 March 1536, Xichang (then known as Jianchang) and Mianning, Sichuan, Ming dynasty, were struck by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7...
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    天主教甯遠教區), also known as Diocese of Xichang or Sichang, is a Latin Catholic diocese located in the city of Xichang (formerly known as Ningyuan or Kienchang)...
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    Xichang Qingshan Airport (IATA: XIC, ICAO: ZUXC) is an airport serving Xichang, the seat of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China...
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    Xichang Station (simplified Chinese: 西场站; traditional Chinese: 西場站; Cantonese Yale: Sāichèuhng Jaahm), formerly Dongfeng Road West Station (东风西路站; 東風西路站;...
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  • the Long March 3B launch vehicle failed while being launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. The launch vehicle veered off course...
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  • and ChinaSat 22A. The first three satellites have been launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center using Long March-3B/G2 rockets while the fourth...
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    and Materials Procurement Bureau (试验装备物资采购局) East China Office (华东办事处) Xichang Quality Supervision Station (西昌质量监督站) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (中国酒泉卫星发射中心)...
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  • The 1850 Xichang earthquake rocked Sichuan Province of Qing China on September 12. The earthquake which caused major damage in Xichang county had an estimated...
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  • Township, Hanyuan County, in Hanyuan County, Sichuan Xixi Township, Xichang, in Xichang, Sichuan Xixi Township, Yongjia County, Zhejiang Xixi (西溪, "West...
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  • (水田人) reside mostly in the lowlands of the Anning River drainage basin, in Xichang, Xide, and Mianning counties of Liangshan Prefecture in Sichuan. They are...
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  • Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site Jiuquan Taiyuan Wenchang Xichang China portal Chinese Lunar...
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    Xichang Station (Chinese: 西昌站, Yi: ꀒꎂꍉ, romanized: Op Rro Zhap /ʊ˨˩dʐʊ˧ t͡ʂâ/) is a railway station on the Chengdu–Kunming line, located at No. 6 Yingbin...
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  • January 2020. Barbosa, Rui C. "Long March-2D conducts maiden launch from Xichang with four satellites". NASASpaceFlight.com. Archived from the original...
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    Base (中国人民解放军第二十七试验训练基地) / Xichang Satellite Launch Center (西昌卫星发射中心): Headquartered on the Hangtian North Road of Xichang City in the Sichuan Province...
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    administrationdirect administration 1985-02-08 Wanyuan 万源市 Sichuan Dazhou 1993-07-14 Xichang 西昌市 Sichuan Liangshan 1979-07-19 Ya'an 雅安市 Sichuan ZZZ-direct administrationdirect...
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  • Chinese: 大興鄉; pinyin: Dàxīng Xiāng) is a township under the administration of Xichang, Sichuan, China. As of 2018[update], it has three villages under its administration...
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  • 20:11 Xichang, LC-2 Long March 3A N/A MEO ~21,500 km Retired BeiDou-2, second generation validation satellite 2 Compass-G2 14 April 2009 16:16 Xichang, LC-2...
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    Minjiang River valley or along the Yangtze River in South and West Sichuan, Xichang, Xichong, Yanting, Shehong, northern Yunnan and northern Guizhou Renshou–Fushun...
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    by the Long March rocket family and four spaceports (Jiuquan, Taiyuan, Xichang, Wenchang) within its border, China conducts either the highest or the...
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    rockets) and satellites were launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, located in the city of Xichang. Sichuan's landscapes and rich historical relics...
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    Fleet Active 551 Bayannao'er 巴彦淖尔市 2022 4,200 t South Sea Fleet Active 540 Xichang 西昌市 2023 4,200 t South Sea Fleet Active 537 Yixing 宜兴 2023 4,200 t East...
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    objects". The telescope was launched by a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China, on 9 January 2024, at 07:03 UTC. The...
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    Batang County Xiangcheng County Daocheng County Dêrong County Liangshan Xichang city Huili city Yanyuan County Dechang County Huidong County Ningnan County...
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    Army (PLA) as a technician at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in 1982. He spent 31 years working at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, including...
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    on 13 May 2007, aboard a Chinese Long March 3B carrier rocket, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China. The spacecraft was operated by NigComSat...
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    fully completed after the last satellite was successfully launched at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. First launch year: 2011 The European Union and...
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