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China Rocket, a wholly owned subsidiary of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, operates Jielong-3 commercially.
Jielong-3, also referred to as Smart Dragon-3, is a four-stage solid-fueled launch vehicle manufactured by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology aimed to launch the Long March 3A series more than a dozen times during a period of high-frequency launches toward the end of 2024.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology set a goal to launch the Long March 3A series over a dozen times during a period of high-frequency launches toward the end of 2024.
Hangtian Yilong was founded in Beijing in April 2022 by Sui Guofa, a former VP of CALT Tianjin.
On August 15, the China Manned Space Agency and the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology conducted a 30-second static fire test for the Long March 10 series of crew-capable rockets.
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology performed a static fire test of a Long March 10A first stage test article in June 2024.
CALT plans to develop the Long March 9 in two stages, first as a heavy-lift model to increase access to space and later as a two-stage fully reusable configuration to reduce costs and enhance launch frequency.
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology displayed a fully reusable Long March 9 rocket concept at the Zhuhai Airshow in Guangdong province, which opened on 2024-11-12.
CALT performed a successful static fire test of a Long March 10A first-stage test article in June 2024.
The Long March 10 is being developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology under main space contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is developing the Long March 10 reusable rocket for human spaceflight, with a variant designed to send astronauts and a landing stack to the moon.
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.
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.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology can produce 10 Long March 11 rockets per year.
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.
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.
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.