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 continued to rely on Long March 2, 3, and 4 series rockets that use toxic hypergolic propellant.
CASC’s overall launch rate dropped from 2022 to 2023 while commercial actors accounted for 17 of China’s orbital launches in 2023.
The three 2023-12-29 broadband test satellites were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a spacecraft manufacturer under CASC.
CASC targeted launching more than 60 times in 2023 and aimed to put more than 200 spacecraft into orbit during the year.
CASC had targeted launching more than 60 times in 2023 and carried out 65 launches in 2023, with commercial space actors accounting for 16 of those launches.
In August 2023 CASC launched a geosynchronous orbit radar satellite, adding to its GEO observation capabilities.
CASC aimed to launch more than 60 times in 2023 but commercial launch providers accounted for 15 Chinese launches in 2023.
CASC’s spaceplane project acquired national-level funding from the Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is developing reusable rockets including a new-generation human-rated launcher for lunar crewed missions and an evolving Long March 9 super heavy-lift launcher.
CASC fell short of its declared plan to launch more than 60 times in 2023 while not suffering a launch failure during the year.
China Rocket Co. Ltd. developed the Jielong-3 and is a commercial spinoff from CALT, which is a main launch vehicle manufacturing arm under the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is designing an air-launched rocket to send small satellites to orbit.
The CALT air-launched rocket is designed to deliver a payload of up to 300 kg to a 500-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbit.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) operates the Jielong-3 solid rocket which can launch from a sea platform.
CASC indicated it intended to begin launching batches of Guowang satellites potentially using a Long March 5B rocket modified to use a Yuanzheng-2 upper stage.
CASC set a goal to conduct more than 60 launches in 2023 and had completed 38 launches early in the year.
The Tianlong-2 rocket is powered by coal-derived kerosene and CASC-developed YF-102 gas generator engines.
CASC plans construction of a new launch site at Wenchang to support the Guowang project.
CASC planned to launch more than 200 spacecraft on more than 60 launches as part of its 2023 plans.
CASC official Bao Weimin advocated establishing a space economic zone between the Earth and the Moon capable of generating $10,000,000,000,000 a year for China by 2050.