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>>16083122
It's what the Chinese call it. The name of the launch site is 海南商业航天发射场, Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site, often abbreviated as 海商. The word 商业 means commerce/commercial. 海商 is a distinct launch site from 文昌航天发射场, Wenchang Space Launch Site, which is the old launch site just to the north.

The company that runs 海商 is called 海南国际商业航天发射有限公司, Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Limited Company (HICAL), which is a joint venture between Hainan province and three SOEs.

A key difference with 海商 is that HICAL is building a universal pad (no. 2) which is designed to allow any propellant combination and be compatible with any tank diameter between 3.35m and 5m diameter, thus being compatible with 19 different rockets from 10 different companies. This pad will be made available for any launch company to use. HICAL will also have two solid pads.

>>16083122
It's what the Chinese call it. The name of the launch site is 海南商业航天发射场, Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site, often abbreviated as 海商. The word 商业 means commerce/commercial. 海商 is a distinct launch site from 文昌航天发射场, Wenchang Space Launch Site, which is the old launch site just to the north with two pads that were completed in 2016.

The company that runs 海商 is called 海南国际商业航天发射有限公司, Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Limited Company (HICAL), which is a joint venture between Hainan province and three SOEs.

A key difference with 海商 is that HICAL is building a universal pad (no. 2) which is designed to allow any propellant combination and be compatible with any tank diameter between 3.35m and 5m diameter, thus being compatible with 19 different rockets from 10 different companies. This pad will be made available for any launch company to use, unlike the other state-run liquid pads, which are reserved for CASC. HICAL will also have two solid pads.