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China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)

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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’s sister state-owned defense contractor CASIC and its subsidiary Expace are planning numerous launches of the solid Kuaizhou-1A and larger Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Jan 17, 2023China launch plans more than 70 launches in 2023

CASC’s China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) can currently produce 4–6 Long March 7A rockets per year and plans production capacity of up to 8–10 per year by 2025.

CapabilityGrowthPlanValue 4.0Jan 9, 2023Pair of Chinese launches put classified and commercial satellites into orbit

CASC is developing a Long March 7A third-stage configuration that replaces the 3.0-meter-diameter YF-74 hydrolox engine with a 3.35-meter-diameter YF-75D engine to support a 5.2-meter-diameter fairing.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jan 9, 2023Pair of Chinese launches put classified and commercial satellites into orbit

Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), a subsidiary of CASC, developed the Shijian-23 satellite.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 9, 2023Pair of Chinese launches put classified and commercial satellites into orbit

CASC plans to conduct more than 50 launches in 2023 after launching 53 Long March rockets and one Jielong-3 solid rocket from the Yellow Sea in 2022.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Jan 9, 2023Pair of Chinese launches put classified and commercial satellites into orbit

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) achieved a successful launch of Shiyan-10 (02) from Xichang.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 29, 2022China sends second Shiyan-10 test satellite sent into orbit with its final launch of 2022

CASC’s 2022 Long March missions included six missions to the Tiangong space station, a 22-satellite Long March 8 mission, and the first launch of the Long March 6A.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Dec 29, 2022China sends second Shiyan-10 test satellite sent into orbit with its final launch of 2022

CASC completed China’s Tiangong space station 2022 by manufacturing and launching its three modules into low Earth orbit.

CapabilityPlanGeneralValue 4.6Dec 22, 2022China sets out clear and independent long-term vision for space

CASC aims to achieve efficient, low-cost space transportation by 2030.

PlanGeneralValue 1.5Dec 22, 2022China sets out clear and independent long-term vision for space

CASC has released a space transportation roadmap to 2045 and plans to develop a $10,000,000,000,000 Earth–moon economic zone.

PlanGrowthGeneralValue 4.0Dec 22, 2022China sets out clear and independent long-term vision for space

Wu Yansheng is chairman of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and delivered a lecture broadcast by China Central Television on 2022-12-20.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.0Dec 22, 2022China sets out clear and independent long-term vision for space

CASC planned more than 50 launches in 2022, including missions to complete the Tiangong space station.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Dec 16, 2022China completes seventh space launch inside 10 days

CASC conducted 51 Long March launches in 2022 and all of those Long March launches were successful.

FinancialGeneralValue 1.0Dec 16, 2022China completes seventh space launch inside 10 days

Jiang Jie, a senior CALT rocket designer in March 2021 set a target to reduce the price of sending one kilogram to orbit to $10,000 when producing 20 rockets per year.

PlanFinancialGovernanceValue 4.0Dec 9, 2022China launches 14 satellites with new solid rocket from mobile sea platform

Liu Bing, director of the general design department at CALT, confirmed the new reusable-first-stage direction for Long March 9 in an interview with China Central Television on 2022-11-07.

PlanGovernanceValue 3.0Nov 9, 2022China scraps expendable Long March 9 rocket plan in favor of reusable version

CALT is developing a reusable suborbital spaceplane that completed its second flight in late August.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 25, 2022China’s spaceplane raises orbit and national funding

CASC was preparing to launch the third and final Tiangong space station module late in October 2022.

PlanValue 3.5Oct 13, 2022China launches radar satellite for environmental monitoring

CASC planned more than 50 launches across 2022.

PlanGrowthValue 3.0Oct 13, 2022China launches radar satellite for environmental monitoring

The Long March 2C rocket used for the 2022-10-12 launch was provided by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).

RelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 13, 2022China launches radar satellite for environmental monitoring

CASC planned more than 50 launches across 2022 and expected to launch the third and final Tiangong space station module in October 2022.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Sep 27, 2022China conducts trio of orbital launches across two days
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