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Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)

Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad) (Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan) owned 66 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

ChinaBeijing · HaidianGCAT code CAST

Payloads owned, by decade

131745
1990s2000s2010s2020s

Payloads by mission type

Communications25
Technology10
Signals intelligence9
Radar imaging7
Optical imaging4
Meteorology2
Space science1

Main programs

YG-409SW276TL-15TL-25CX-14XJY4Tiantong3CAS3RSW3Tiange2ZX2Bufeng2

Best-known spacecraft

SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
Shijian-132017-018AApr 12, 2017CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
XPNAV-12016-066ANov 9, 2016CASTChinaTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
CBERS-11999-057AOct 14, 1999CASTChinaOptical imagingIn orbit
Tianlian I-012008-019AApr 25, 2008CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
Tianlian I-022011-032AJul 11, 2011CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
TIANLIAN 1-032012-040AJul 25, 2012CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
Tianlian II2019-017AMar 31, 2019CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
DFFC2016-042DJun 25, 2016CASTChinaTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
Tiantong-1 12016-048AAug 5, 2016CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
Tianlian I-052021-063AJul 6, 2021CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
Goumang2022-090AAug 4, 2022CASTChinaOptical imagingIn orbit
Tiantong-1 22020-082ANov 12, 2020CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit
Tiantong-1 32021-003AJan 19, 2021CASTChinaCommunicationsIn orbit

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).