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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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The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is preparing a sea launch of its solid-propellant Long March 11 launch vehicle from a modified vessel on 2019-06-05.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 6, 2019China’s iSpace to make private orbital launch attempt in early June

Chinarocket Co., Ltd., a CASC commercial subsidiary, is developing the Jielong-1 (Smart Dragon-1) microlauncher.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.7May 6, 2019China’s iSpace to make private orbital launch attempt in early June

Chinarocket Co., Ltd., a CASC subsidiary, plans to develop the Jielong series and a Tenglong series of launch vehicles.

PlanGeneralValue 3.2Feb 26, 2019Chinese state-owned firms preparing to launch new commercial rockets

CALT will produce solid-fueled Long March 11 light-lift rockets including the first Long March 11 intended for sea launch in 2019.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 5, 2019Shanghai space vehicle manufacturer targets 17 launches in 2019

CALT will produce seven hypergolic Long March 3 series rockets in 2019 to launch 10 Beidou GNSS satellites.

PlanGeneralValue 4.5Feb 5, 2019Shanghai space vehicle manufacturer targets 17 launches in 2019

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) will produce two Long March 5 heavy-lift rockets for 2019.

PlanGrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 5, 2019Shanghai space vehicle manufacturer targets 17 launches in 2019

CASC planned to launch 10 additional Beidou positioning, navigation, and timing satellites through seven Long March 3 series launches from Xichang.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0Jan 29, 2019China will attempt 30-plus launches in 2019, including crucial Long March 5 missions

CASC’s 2018 launches included the Chang’e-4 lunar far side landing mission, the first Hongyan LEO communications satellite, and 18 Beidou satellites.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Jan 29, 2019China will attempt 30-plus launches in 2019, including crucial Long March 5 missions

Chinarocket Co., Ltd. under CASC is developing the Smart Dragon-1 (Jie Long-1) solid micro launcher with a 150-kilogram capacity to a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and could have a test flight in the coming months.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.3Jan 24, 2019Chinese companies OneSpace and iSpace are preparing for first orbital launches

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch the Chang’e-5 near-side sample return mission on the second of two planned Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket launches in 2019.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jan 3, 2019Chang’e-4 returns first images from lunar farside following historic landing

The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology unveiled a conceptual human-rated launch vehicle design in October at the 12th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai that uses clusters of YF-100K engines and 5-meter-diameter cores similar to Long March 5.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Dec 28, 2018Chang’e-4 landing to be a step along a road of lunar exploration for China

CASC scheduled the Chang’e-4 landing to take place in the first days of January 2019 after sunrise at the main candidate landing site in late December.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 7, 2018China launches Chang’e-4 spacecraft for pioneering lunar far side landing mission

CASC will develop high-throughput broadband communication satellites, technology test satellites, and a new round of space science missions developed under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Sep 27, 2018China outlines intense period for human spaceflight, robotic exploration and satellite constellations

CASC’s 2017 space transportation roadmap includes development goals for reusable launch vehicles, suborbital and orbital spaceplanes, a Saturn V-class launcher in the 2020s–2030s, and a nuclear-powered space shuttle by 2045.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2018China outlines intense period for human spaceflight, robotic exploration and satellite constellations

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) aims to use its light-lift Long March 11 solid-fueled rocket for low-latitude sea launches using a large modified vessel.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 2, 2018Landspace of China to launch first rocket in Q4 2018

Chinarocket Co., Ltd., operating under CASC, is developing the Lightning Dragon-1 (Jie Long-1) micro launcher designed to put 150 kg into a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Aug 2, 2018Landspace of China to launch first rocket in Q4 2018

CASC aimed to launch around 35 times in 2018 and had completed 22 successful missions with five months remaining in the year.

PlanGrowthGeneralValue 4.0Jul 31, 2018China completes 22nd launch this year with Gaofen-11, matches national record

CASC is developing the Long March 9 super-heavy-lift launch vehicle with a projected capability of lifting up to 140 metric tons to LEO.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Jul 10, 2018Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

CALT is studying a mission profile that would use the Long March 5B to launch a crewed spacecraft that would rendezvous in low Earth orbit with a lunar spacecraft stack launched by the Long March 9.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 5, 2018China reveals details for super-heavy-lift Long March 9 and reusable Long March 8 rockets

CALT has achieved breakthroughs related to 220-ton-thrust hydrolox engines for the Long March 9 project.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 5, 2018China reveals details for super-heavy-lift Long March 9 and reusable Long March 8 rockets
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