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 planned 2021 launch manifest includes missions related to the Chinese Space Station complex.
CALT states that the Long March 8 fills China’s capability gap for launches to Sun-synchronous orbit in the 3–4,500 kg range.
CASC had aimed to launch around 40 times in 2020.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) designed and produced the Long March 8 launcher.
CASC expects to use the Long March 8 to verify vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) technology as part of upgrading its launch capabilities.
CASC is developing the YF-100K engine with variable thrust capacity intended to facilitate powered descent and landing.
CASC has tested grid fins as part of developing controlled reentry and recovery technologies.
The Long March 8 was developed and built by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC).
CASC has featured a space transportation roadmap since 2017 with the goal of making all of China’s launch vehicles reusable by around 2035.
The Long March 3B rocket used in the launch features improved fuel containers and improved third-stage engines developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
The payload fairing on the 2020-10-26 Long March 2C flight was equipped with a landing zone safety control system, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
CASC intended to carry out around 40 launches in 2020 and had completed 27 launches including two failures by early January 2020 statements.
CASC had missions planned for late 2020 including launching remote sensing satellites for Argentina-based Satellogic from Taiyuan in early November 2020.
CAS Space’s planned solid launcher would be China’s largest solid rocket by payload capacity, exceeding CASC’s Long March 11 and the Kuaizhou-11 operated under CASIC.
CASC also produces a solid rocket, the Long March 11, which can launch from inland sites and from a specially developed sea platform.
CASC's 2017 plans included fully reusable launch vehicles and a concept for a nuclear-powered shuttle around 2045.
CASC and CASIC were created in 1999 through government reforms and were previously part of the former China Aerospace Corporation.
The CASC–CASIC agreement sets goals of building a world-class aerospace conglomerate and a world-class aerospace defense company and committing to increase China’s aerospace international competitiveness and influence.
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.
CASC stated in early January 2020 that it intended to launch around 40 times in 2020.