中国空间技术研究院
The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) is a Chinese space agency and the main spacecraft development and production facility in China. Subordinate to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), CAST focuses on space exploration and provides integrated space-ground system solutions. They develop spacecraft for telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation, human spaceflight, lunar and deep space exploration, and space science. CAST also provides services for spacecraft, satellite ground applications, and customer support.
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The Yaogan-31 satellites were developed by Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
The primary payload on the Long March 8 that carried Hisea-1 to orbit was XJY-7, a classified remote sensing technology test satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology.
Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd, part of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), developed the Gaofen-9 satellite.
The main payload on the Long March 4B launch was the Ziyuan-3 (03) remote sensing satellite developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under CASC.
The solid rocket motors used to build the Minotaur 4 vehicle that flew on 2020-07-15 were cast between 1988 and 1990.
DFH Satellite Co., Ltd. developed the Gaofen-9 (03) satellite under the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
ChinaSat-18 is the first satellite based on the DFH-4E, an enhanced version of CAST’s DFH-4 platform.
The Ningxia-1 satellites were developed by Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China Academy of Space Technology.
Qiansheng-1 (01) carries an 11-kilogram CMOS optical imager with spatial resolution better than 2 m developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
Bufeng-1A and Bufeng-1B were included among the payloads and were designed by the China Academy of Space Technology to monitor ocean wind fields and improve typhoon monitoring.
The China Academy of Space Technology has developed a next-generation crewed spacecraft variant up to 20 metric tons with an uncrewed test flight planned on a Long March 5B test launch in 2019 or 2020.
CAST provided training to Pakistan personnel as part of the PRSS-1 satellite package, with SUPARCO to operate PRSS-1 after on-orbit delivery.
PRSS-1 is based on a CAST-2000 satellite bus.