Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center is a command center for the Chinese space program

Chinese space program

The space program of the People's Republic of China is directed by the China National Space Administration . Its technological roots can be traced back to the late 1950s, when the People's Republic began a rudimentary ballistic missile program in response to perceived American threats...

 which includes the Shenzhou

Shenzhou

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 missions. The space center is supervised and managed by the government of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. BACCC's primary functions include supervision, telemetry, tracking and command of spacecraft. The building is inside a complex nicknamed Aerospace City. The city is located in a suburb northwest of Beijing. The coordinate of BACCC building is 40°4′19.16"N 116°15′25.53"E or 40.071988 degrees north, 116.257093 degrees east. It was initially created for China's manned 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 upcoming Sino-Russian Interplanetary Space Mission. It has dedicated subsidiaries for Sinosat and Inmarsat

Inmarsat

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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.