Wenchang

The Shijian-23 scientific research satellite was launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan.

The crew’s launch site is also under construction close to China’s existing coastal spaceport at Wenchang, Hainan island, about 1,400 miles south of Beijing.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the unmanned spacecraft and its return capsule were flung into space aboard a Long March 5B rocket in its debut flight Tuesday evening from the Wenchang launch center in the southern island province of Hainan.

A Long March 5 rocket lifts off from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center July 2. The launch was later declared a failure.