中国运载火箭技术研究院
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), established in 1957, is China's primary state-owned manufacturer of space launch vehicles and a major launch service provider. A subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), CALT is responsible for the design, development, manufacture, and testing of the Long March family of rockets, which are crucial to China's civilian and military space programs. CALT is also developing new-generation launch vehicles like the Long March-10 and Long March-9 for future lunar and Mars missions.
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CASC has achieved a steady launch rate of approximately one launch per week for a couple of years.
The manufacturing of satellites in Shanghai is diversifying beyond traditional manufacturers CASC subsidiary Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) and CAS spinoff Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM).
CASC has set up new facilities to boost production of YF-100 engines that power the first stage of Long March 8 and other kerosene Long March rockets.
The Long March 2D rocket for the 2024-12-12 launch was provided by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under CASC.
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology performed a static fire test of a Long March 10A first stage test article in June 2024.
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology displayed a fully reusable Long March 9 rocket concept at the Zhuhai Airshow in Guangdong province, which opened on 2024-11-12.
CALT plans to develop the Long March 9 in two stages, first as a heavy-lift model to increase access to space and later as a two-stage fully reusable configuration to reduce costs and enhance launch frequency.
Lijian-1 uses SP70 solid rocket motors supplied by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC).
CALT performed a successful static fire test of a Long March 10A first-stage test article in June 2024.
The Long March 10 is being developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology under main space contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
China appears to be falling well short of a target of 100 launches for 2024 that was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) in early 2024.
Both CASC and China’s commercial launch providers are launching at a slower rate in 2024 than estimated earlier in the year.
The Yaogan-43 (02) satellites were developed by CASC’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST).
CASC targeted launching around 70 times across 2024.
China aims to launch about 100 times in 2024, according to CASC, the parent of SAST and China’s main space contractor.
CASC’s spaceplane project received national-level funding from the Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022.
The payload included four Beijing-3C remote sensing satellites built by the China Academy of Space Technology, a subsidiary of CASC.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is developing the Long March 10 reusable rocket for human spaceflight, with a variant designed to send astronauts and a landing stack to the moon.
CASC plans to launch the Shenzhou-18 human spaceflight mission to the Tiangong space station from Jiuquan on 2024-04-25.
CASC scheduled the Chang’e-6 lunar far side sample return mission to launch from Wenchang on 2024-05-03.