Launch Pads
- Launch Area 1: Unbuilt Shuguang launch site, later used as a viewing area.
- Launch Area 2: Long March 2E, Long March 3A, Long March 3B, and Long March 3C launch complex.
- Launch Area 3: Long March 2C, Long March 3 and Long March 3A launch complex. Demolished and rebuilt between 2005 and 2006. Upgraded in order to support the Chang'e lunar exploration program. Also known as LA-1.
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