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Xichang Satellite Launch Center: The "Road to the Heavens" Carries Forward the Red Flame

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西昌卫星发射中心:“问天之路”赓续红色薪火

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  1. Published23 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
  2. Collected2026-10-23 03:05:10 UTC, run 180
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The Xichang Satellite Launch Center marked the Long March rocket series' 671st cumulative flight on October 10, with more than 230 of those launches conducted from Xichang, and the article profiles three generations of personnel there — including Launch Director Bai Chunbo, first female Launch Director Zhang Runhong, and ground support engineer Yang Wen — framing their work through explicit continuity with the 1935 Red Army Long March. This is institutional political-work content; its value is as a record of how PLA-affiliated space launch infrastructure uses historical revolutionary narrative to frame technological self-reliance (自力更生) as an ongoing organizational imperative, not as evidence of a new capability or posture shift. The specific claim worth noting is the center's stated progress toward autonomous launch control and 全态感知 (full-spectrum situational awareness) in ground support networks, which the article presents as a current development rather than an achieved milestone.

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西昌卫星发射中心传承伟大长征精神逐梦太空—— “问天之路”赓续红色薪火 ■王欣阁 陈墨铮 图①:长征火箭发射现场。图②:安宁河上的长征桥。 秋日的安宁河谷,雾气未散。 河上架着一座三孔悬链式拱桥,名唤长征,长159米。桥下,是1935年中央红军渡过的河;桥上,各类车辆川流不息。不远处山坳里,西昌发射场的发射塔架巍然矗立。从这里启程的火箭,也叫“长征”。10月10日,长征系列运载火箭完成第671次飞行。其中230多次,在这里点火升空。 同一片河谷,两段远征:90余年前,一支队伍在绝路中靠自己蹚出一条生路;半个多世纪以来,一枚枚火箭接续飞向太空。贯穿其背后的,是同样的独立自主精神。 使命交汇 1935年,红军来到川西高原的这片河谷,历经迂回辗转、穿插腾挪,最终跳出国民党军队的围追堵截,为强渡大渡河赢得先机。就在礼州镇边家祠堂,“长征”之名正式问世。 35年后,历史在这里给出回响。这一年,在聂荣臻、张爱萍等亲历过长征的老一辈革命家推动下,西昌卫星发射中心选址安宁河谷。长征路与问天路在此交汇。 36000公里,是地球同步轨道的高度,也是一道门槛。自1964年全球第一颗同步通信卫星投入使用后,这条轨道便开始热闹起来。 为了让中国在这条轨道上不再缺席,西昌航天人接过发射同步通信卫星的重任。历经磨砺,1984年4月8日,长征三号运载火箭将东方红二号试验通信卫星送入该轨道。 中国人第一次征服高轨,结束了长期租用外国通信卫星的日子。 此后,我国首颗实用通信卫星、首颗国际商业卫星、首颗月球探测卫星……相继从这里飞向太空。面对严密封锁,老一辈航天人以长征精神为指引,秉持“颗颗螺钉连着航天事业、小小按钮维系民族尊严”的信念,扎根深山、隐姓埋名,用数十年坚守蹚出一条谁也卡不住的路。 攻坚克难 蹚路的人,难免摔跤。1996年的西昌,“摔”得格外疼。 那一年,长征三号乙火箭首飞失利,起飞仅22秒便撞击山头爆炸。该火箭首任总设计师兼总指挥龙乐豪院士在事故现场心如刀绞,一夜青丝泛白。面对国内外质疑,他带领团队从零复盘,逐项排查设计、工艺等隐患,一遍遍做地面验证,最终独立拿出全套改进方案。 551天后,长三乙再度出征,成功将卫星送入预定轨道。 “研制长征火箭,本身就是一场奔赴星辰大海的新长征。”龙乐豪说,“失败是差一点的成功,成功是差一点的失败。自主创新,永远不能停下脚步。” 这份“不能停下”,既在九天之上,也在沟壑之间。 西昌发射场,发射塔被群山环抱,试验厂房依地势而建。地面装备型号杂、分布散,新老装备交替并行,高压、低温、剧毒……参试作业步步涉险。如何织出一张密不透风的地面勤务保障网?这是火箭飞天绕不开的一关。 “织网人”杨文的追梦之路,从这张网起步。这是属于他的“腊子口”“娄山关”,是他多年来冲锋的阵地。2021年某次任务,在距离发射仅3个小时、火箭已经装满推进剂的当口,大厅里却传来数据指标异常的警报声。危急关头,杨文带领技术骨干不眠不休、连夜排查,以誓与阵地共存亡的劲头最终解决问题,让火箭稳稳飞天。 “攻克千般难,才能掌握主动权。”杨文说,“在红军曾经战斗过的土地上工作,总感觉有股精神在推着我们往前进。” 如今在西昌,三代地勤网接力生长,低温加注告别人工操作,数据在场区自由流动,正向自主可控、全态感知迈进。这张地面上的网越织越密、越织越牢,更好地顶起“风云”、托举“嫦娥”、放飞“北斗”…… 从把“摔疼”的火箭送上天,到把托举火箭的网一寸寸织出来——这条路上的每一尺都印着逐梦者的脚步。 薪火传承 九十载薪火赓续,两种征途一脉同源。 在西昌卫星发射中心,新时代的航天人正逐渐接过前辈的接力棒。 “01指挥员是发射任务的最后把关人。”深耕一线20余年、多次担任重大发射任务01指挥员的白春波说,“每一组数据、每一道流程,都必须百分之百自主可控、绝对可靠,绝不依赖国外技术、绝不留存技术短板。国际航天竞争日趋激烈,靠别人是靠不住的。” 中国航天发射阵地首位女性01指挥员张润红,常年扎根测试一线。某次发射前,火箭增压管压力持续不稳定。张润红带领操作手反复测试、精细调整,最终攻克难关。后续验证表明,如果放任这一问题,火箭升空后,第三级推进器将报废,导致任务失败。 “当年红军在绝境中自己找出路,今天我们在技术赛道上自己找出路。”她说,“核心技术握在自己手里,航天事业才能行稳致远。” 同样的劲头,也长在其他点位上。青年气象团队建起高原山区精准预报模型,攻克复杂山地气象预判难题,预报精准度达到国际先进水平;发射团队先后攻克新型火箭推进剂贮存、加注、控制等瓶颈,掌握了塔架无人值守等核心能力……近5年来,西昌卫星发射中心青年科研团队聚力开展技术攻关,取得大批自主知识产权成果,多项技术填补国内空白。 星河无垠,征途漫漫。山坳深处,塔架静静矗立。下一个发射日,长征火箭的烈焰仍将从这里腾起,把整条河谷照得通明,在浩瀚太空持续留下中国自立自强的印记。 长征,从未止步。

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