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 aimed to launch around 70 times in 2023, with both state-owned and commercial Chinese launch service providers contributing to the launch cadence.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) identified the Land Exploration-4 01 mission as involving a high-orbit 20-meter resolution SAR satellite in its 2023 plans.
Only the state-owned China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and its affiliated China Rocket company have previously launched from the sea using Long March 11 and Jielong-3 solid rockets.
CASC plans more than 60 launches in 2023, with the 2023-07-22 and 2023-07-26 missions marking the 29th and 30th launches for 2023 by CASC.
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) identified the payload of the 2023-07-26 Xichang launch as Yaogan-36.
Skysight AS-1 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite built by DFH Satellite Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CASC.
China and Venezuela established space cooperation in 2008 with the launch of the CASC-built VeneSat-1 communications satellite.
State-owned main space contractor CASC and commercial players planned more than 70 launches in China in 2023.
CASC plans more than 60 launches 2023.
The Tianlong-2 launch used rocket-grade kerosene derived from coal supplied through cooperation with the 165 Institute of CASC’s Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology.
The Tianlong-2 rocket used 85-ton-thrust YF-102 gas-generator engines developed by CASC rather than Space Pioneer’s Tianhuo engines.
CASC frames the development of coal-derived rocket fuel as a national strategic initiative and plans capacity to produce about 30,000,000 kg annually.
CASC included construction of the Tianwen-2 spacecraft as a key goal in its 2023 plans alongside building the Chang’e-7 lunar south pole landing mission spacecraft.
CASC has developed parachutes for its human spaceflight program, the Tianwen-1 Mars rover landing, and for the 2020 Chang’e-5 and upcoming Chang’e-6 lunar sample return missions.
A plan to mass produce CASC’s Long March 8 is linked to China’s plans to launch a 13,000-satellite megaconstellation.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) subsidiary CAST and Microsat under the Chinese Academy of Sciences are contracted to manufacture satellites for the Guowang constellation.
CASC subsidiary CAST and Microsat under the Chinese Academy of Sciences are contracted to manufacture satellites for Guowang.
CASC plans more than 60 launches in 2023 while commercial actors could add more than 20 orbital missions.
CASC’s reusable spaceplane project acquired national-level funding from the Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022.
CASC aimed to launch a national record of more than 60 orbital flights in 2023.