China Academy of Space Technology

The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) (Chinese: 中国空间技术研究院; pinyin: Zhōngguó Kōngjiān Jìshù Yánjiūyuàn) is a Chinese space agency and subordinate of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The agency was founded on 20 February 1968, and is the main spacecraft development and production facility in China. On 24 April 1970, CAST successfully launched China's first artificial satellite Dong Fang Hong I.

Not to be confused with China Association for Science and Technology.

China Academy of Space Technology
中国空间技术研究院
AbbreviationCAST
Formation20 February 1968
HeadquartersHaidian District, Beijing, China[1]
Official language
Mandarin Chinese
Parent organisation
China
Staff
10,000+

Space flight programmes

CAST designs and manufactures the Dong Fang Hong satellites.[2]

References
  1. "China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)". NTI. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. "Dongfanghong IV ready for more int'l satellite orders". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008.

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