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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

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中国科学院

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a national scientific institution and academic governing body in China, playing a vital role in the country's space program. CAS is responsible for planning and executing space science missions, developing space technologies, and conducting research in areas like space physics and space environment. It collaborates with organizations like the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on projects including lunar and deep space exploration. Key areas of focus for CAS include the study of the universe, space-time ripples, the Sun-Earth relationship, habitable planets, and space-based biological and physical sciences.

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The Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences developed the PRSC-HS1 spacecraft.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 19, 2025Pakistan Launches Privately With CAS Space [Kinetica-1 Y8]

The Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences contributed to the satellites onboard the Long March 6A.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.0Sep 27, 2025GuoWang Grows With Latest Taiyuan Launch [Long March 6A Y16]

The project is led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of High Energy Physics.

GeneralGovernanceValue 2.5Sep 20, 2025JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries

Most Chang’e 6 samples are stored at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

GeneralValue 2.0Jul 14, 2025Moon Monday #233: Visualizing a new Moon based on scientific discoveries by China’s Chang’e 6 mission

The Chinese Academy of Science's 40-year technology forecast predicted a crewed Moon landing around 2030.

PlanValue 3.0Apr 28, 2025The real space race: China will send a crew to orbit Mars by 2050

The Chinese Academy of Science's forecast for crewed Mars exploration is around 2050.

PlanValue 2.0Apr 28, 2025The real space race: China will send a crew to orbit Mars by 2050

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers kept DRO-A and DRO-B attached after the anomalous deployment and alternately used each craft’s engines to perform precisely timed orbital maneuvers to conserve and balance fuel.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Apr 21, 2025Moon Monday #222: How China navigated failure to nail down lunar navigation success

Kinetica-2 has been selected to launch the Qingzhou cargo spacecraft from the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAMCAS) as part of a low-cost space station cargo service.

RelationshipsPlanGeneralValue 4.0Jan 2, 2025China to debut new Long March and commercial rockets in 2025

Genesat was established in 2022 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Innovation Academy for Microsatellites (IAMCAS) and Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (Spacesail).

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.5Dec 30, 2024Satellite manufacturer for Chinese megaconstellation secures $137 million funding

CASSTAR Capital is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

RelationshipsValue 2.0Dec 14, 2024Biweekly Brain Droppings

The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences completed storing 1.61 kilograms of scooped Chang’e 6 mission samples in September.

GeneralValue 4.2Nov 11, 2024Moon Monday #201: Scientists can now study exotic Chang’e 6 lunar samples

CAS Space is a spinoff of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developing a suborbital tourism service and targeting tourist flights in 2027.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Oct 24, 2024China’s Deep Blue Aerospace reveals suborbital tourism plans

The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China National Space Administration, and the China Manned Space Engineering Office jointly released the National Space Science Medium- and Long-Term Development Plan (2024–2050) in a press conference on 2024-10-15.

PlanGovernanceLegalValue 3.0Oct 22, 2024Venus atmosphere sample return noted in China’s long-term space science roadmap

Wang Chi, director of the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented the missions at the Zhongguancun Forum meeting on 2024-04-27.

GovernanceValue 2.0Apr 30, 2024China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey

The Chinese Academy of Sciences spacecraft Einstein Probe lifted off on a Chang Zheng 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on 9 January 2024 at 15:03 CST (07:03 GMT / 08:03 CET).

PlanValue 4.3Jan 10, 2024Einstein Probe Launches with a Mission to Monitor the X-ray Sky

The Einstein Probe was approved in 2017 as part of the second phase of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Strategic Priority Program.

GovernancePlanValue 3.8Jan 9, 2024China launches “lobster eye” Einstein Probe to unveil mysteries of X-ray universe

China began launching dedicated space science missions in 2015 with the DAMPE dark matter probe under the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Strategic Priority Program.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jan 9, 2024China launches “lobster eye” Einstein Probe to unveil mysteries of X-ray universe

Earlier Chinese satellite internet test satellites launched in 2023 were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) and the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites (IAMCAS) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.2Dec 31, 2023Chinese satellite internet mission rounds off record year for global launches

Shanghai Gesi Aerospace Technology (Genesat) is a state-owned company established in 2022 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Innovation Academy for Microsatellites (IAMCAS) and Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology.

GeneralValue 3.2Dec 29, 2023First satellite for Chinese G60 megaconstellation rolls off assembly line

The Chinese Academy of Sciences spacecraft Einstein Probe is scheduled to launch in January 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 22, 2023CAS and ESA Collaborative Mission Einstein Probe Set for Launch
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