(Express delivery of the two sessions) Space launch business volume surges, representative Dou Xiaoyu proposes to establish a commercial space launch site

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 6 (Guo Chaokai) In response to the explosive growth of the commercial space launch market in the future, Dou Xiaoyu, deputy to the National People’s Congress and vice chairman of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, believes that it can be foreseen that in five to ten years, satellites The explosive growth of application demand will bring a geometric surge to the space launch business, and there is an urgent need to strengthen the domestic launch site capacity; in the future, the project establishment, site selection and construction plan demonstration work of the commercial space launch site can be carried out in an orderly manner.

　　With the rapid development of China's aerospace industry, the construction of the space launch site is facing many challenges, and a certain gap has also been highlighted.

In the past, considering the needs of military strategic deployment, the construction of the launch site required a strategic depth, so the layout was often deep inland.

　　With the rise of commercial aerospace, aerospace launches pay more attention to key factors such as low cost, low latitude, wide launch direction, high flexibility, and good landing zone safety. The existing launch site has a relatively narrow range of launch directions, and the rocket's range There are many hidden safety hazards in the wreckage area. At the same time, due to railway transportation restrictions, rocket transportation costs are relatively high.

　　"The layout of the space launch site needs to be continuously improved and optimized." Dou Xiaoyu believes that there is a certain gap in the commercial launch adaptability of the existing space launch site.

Commercial launches are market behaviors that have the characteristics of strong temporaryity, high flexibility, and great variability. The existing launch sites are affected by policies and controlled, and it is difficult to meet the future high-density, high-frequency, and flexible commercial launch requirements.

　　Dou Xiaoyu said that domestic commercial launch-related policies and regulations have yet to be promulgated and perfected, the degree of marketization is not high, and the involvement of civil and commercial forces and social capital is relatively low.

The existing supporting industries around the aerospace launch site are lagging behind, unable to meet the needs of on-site R&D and manufacturing, which makes manufacturing, launch, measurement and control, and recovery separate.

　　Facing the rapidly growing demand for commercial satellite launches at home and abroad, in recent years, solid launch vehicles such as Hyperbola-1, Ceres-1, Jielong-1, and Kuaizhou-1A have come out one after another. The positions are all built by liquid rockets.

　　In this regard, Dou Xiaoyu pointed out that the contradiction between the increasing number of domestic new rockets and the small number of existing launch positions and stations has become increasingly prominent. The average number of launch stations in China's existing space launch sites is two, all of which are launched by liquid carrier rockets. It is difficult to meet the requirements of high-density and low-inclination launches in the future, and currently only has the simple field conditions for launching small solid launch vehicles, which will inevitably limit the development space of large and medium-sized solid launch vehicles.

　　Dou Xiaoyu said that as an important field of integrated development, commercial aerospace launch sites will play a value leading role in driving the development of the commercial aerospace industry chain and leveraging the participation of social resources with the vigorous development of commercial aerospace. He suggested that the National Development and Reform Commission include the commercial satellite launch site as a major national project during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, and relevant units can guide the launch site project establishment, site selection, and construction program demonstration. (Finish)