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CASCgovernmentCNalso: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation
Chinese state-owned defense and aerospace company
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is a main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has subsidiaries which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and ground equipment. It also has a division for strategic and tactical missile systems.
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No launches in the catalog reference CASC as provider, manufacturer, or customer.
Recent news (12)
NASASpaceflight · Apr 20, 2026
Launch Preview: GPS, Progress, and Starlink missions to launch during busy week
NASASpaceflight · Apr 13, 2026
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites, New Glenn to launch with flown booster
SpaceNews · Apr 9, 2026
China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations
NASASpaceflight · Apr 9, 2026
China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions
NASASpaceflight · Apr 6, 2026
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to loft Cygnus to ISS, Minotaur IV to launch from California
SpaceNews · Mar 26, 2026
U.S. GSSAP satellites execute GEO handoff to monitor China’s Shijian-29 spacecraft
SpaceNews · Mar 26, 2026
China sends radar mapping and GNSS augmentation sats into orbit with pair of launches
NASASpaceflight · Mar 23, 2026
Launch Preview: Russia to debut Soyuz-5; Falcon 9 and Atlas V to launch internet satellites
SpaceNews · Mar 16, 2026
China launches new highly retrograde Yaogan satellite, KZ-11 rideshare deploys 8 satellites
SpaceNews · Mar 13, 2026
China ends month-long launch hiatus with separate Guowang and Shiyan-30 satellite missions
NASASpaceflight · Mar 10, 2026
Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to dominate another busy week of missions
SpaceNews · Feb 26, 2026
China’s Tianwen-2 probe operating normally on approach to asteroid