Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center
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BACC Main Entrance
The BACC is subordinated to the People's Liberation Army's Aerospace Force, controlling both military and civilian launches and satellites.
BACC's primary functions include supervision, telemetry, tracking and command of spacecraft. The building is inside a complex nicknamed Aerospace City. It was initially created for China's crewed space missions, a.k.a. "Project 921", hence also the name "921" among some insiders. It has evolved to be responsible for the Chang'e 1 mission and the Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission, Fobos-Grunt. The BACC also oversees Shenzhou missions with the help of four Yuan Wang-class tracking ships. It has dedicated subsidiaries for SINOSAT and Inmarsat. It was renamed to 北京航天飞行控制中心 (literally: Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center) in 2006. As of March, 2009, no official announcement has been made to revise its formal name in English in accordance with its new Chinese name.
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See also
References
- ^ Personal visit October 5, 2016.
- ^ "中国人民解放军形成新型军兵种结构布局 - 中华人民共和国国防部". www.mod.gov.cn. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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