Xichang Satellite Launch Center is one of China's satellite launch bases and one of China's three major space launch centers. It manages and uses two space launch sites in Xichang and Wenchang. Xichang Launch Site is located in Mianning County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The launch site is located in a mountainous area and is one of the launch sites with the most complex climate conditions among the ten famous launch sites in the world. Xichang Satellite Launch Center is mainly used for launching broadcast, communication and meteorological satellites into geosynchronous orbit.