Wenchang Launch Center

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Wenchang Launch Center
Location	Earth
Affiliation	China
type	Shipyard/Spaceport
Status	Active
Operational	1988 -
Characteristics
Capabilities:	2 bays build 5,500 mt/year (458 mt/month) control 3 ships of 2,720 mt (each) warehouse 796 SCUs
Background
Cost (RPs)	10
Annual Upkeep (RP)	1

Wenchang Launch Center, located off the mainland of China on Earth, was originally developed as a satellite launching facility on the island of Hainan in the 1960s. However, upon being approached by the Augment-controlled company Dinyan-Yoyodyne in the mid-1980s, the Chinese decided to ramp up the construction and launch capabilities of the site. At present, the DY-50 Shuguang class experimental transport is being designed there.

The facility is a joint shipyard/spaceport base, with the following capabilities:

• Construct up to 5,500 mt of spacecraft a year
• Launch and provide mission control services to three ships at 2,720 mt each
• Total area: 0.58 km2
• 4 Type I fabrication units (1 at the shipyard, 3 at the spaceport)
• 796 SCUs of warehousing
• 6 fission reactors
• Type I Interplanetary Radio
• Cost (Purchase/Maintenance): 10/1 RP

Construction Bays

5,500 mt yearly/458 mt monthly

Bay #	Vessel Class	Vessel Name	Mass (mt)	Start Date	Monthly Rate (mt)	Completion Date	notes
1	DY-50 class	Shuguang	2,200	1988-06	458	1988-12
2	DY-50 class	Shenzhou	2,200	n/a	n/a	n/a

Spaceport

Total: 8,209 SCU

• 1) Intended to service 3 ships at 2,720 mt each, for a total of 8,160 mt. Facility Size Rating of 3.
• 2) Area: 0.42 km2
• 3) Infrastructure: 32,640 mt, 4,836 SCU
• 4) Personnel Systems:
  • - Manufacturing Systems: 3 Type I Industrial Fabrication Units produce up to 36 SCU every 5 days (24 SCU)
  • - Medical Systems: Rating 1 (5 SCU)
  • - Recreation Facilities: Rating 4 (1 small rec area, 2 gyms, large galley, 2 small lounges) (72 SCU)
  • - Personnel Transportation Systems:
    • - Lifts: 42 SCU
    • - Mobile transports: 13 SCU
  • - Fire Suppression Systems: 30 SCU
  • - Warehousing: 605 SCU
• 5) Power Systems:
  • - Fission Reactors: 3 fission reactors (45 SCU)
  • - Backup Batteries: 27 SCU
• 6) Operations Systems:
  • - Control Tower: 36 SCU
  • - Admin Center: 12 SCU (mission control only, due to launch-only capability)
  • - Computers: 2 SCU
  • - Sensors: Class 0 navigational sensors, 3 SCU
  • - Communication Systems: Type I Interplanetary Radio, 3 SCU
  • - Security Systems: Rating 3, 3-6 cells, 36 SCU
• 8) Hangers: 2418 SCU

Shipyard

Total: 2,281 SCU

• 1) Intended to allow for up to 5,500 mt at a time. Facility Size Rating: 3
• 2) Area: 0.16 km2
• 3) Infrastructure: 13,200 mt, 1956 SCU
• 4) Personnel Systems:
  • - Manufacturing Systems: 1 Type I Industrial Fabrication Unit produces up to 876 SCU (5,913 mt) every year (8 SCU)
  • - Personnel Transportation Systems:
    • - Lifts: 8 SCU
    • - Mobile transports: 3 SCU
  • - Fire Suppression Systems: 30 SCU
  • - Warehousing: 191 SCU
• 5) Power Systems:
  • - Fission Reactors: 3 fission reactors (45 SCU)
  • - Backup Batteries: 15 SCU
• 6) Operations Systems:
  • - Computers: 2 SCU
  • - Security Systems: shared with spaceport
  • - Science Systems (design department): 23 SCUs