China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Private companyFounded 1999Beijing (Haidian), China
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174kEmployees
4Active missions
PrivateOwnership

China's principal state-owned space contractor and the main contractor for the national space programme. Through academies such as CALT and CAST it builds the Long March launch vehicles, satellites, the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft and the Tiangong space station, and runs robotic exploration including the Chang'e lunar missions and the Tianwen deep-space programme, alongside missiles and other defence and civil aerospace systems.

Private company — financial figures are public estimates. State-owned enterprise; not publicly traded.

FoundedJuly 1, 1999
HeadquartersBeijing (Haidian), China
Employees~174,0002014 · Wikipedia
TypePrivate company
WikidataQ2777589

Current operations

Operating or building 4 active missions — including Tianwen-2, Tiangong, Tianwen-1.

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