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The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is a main contractor for the Chinese space program. [1] It is state-owned and has subsidiaries which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft , launch vehicles , and ground equipment. [ 1 ]
Shackleton Energy Company: propellant, space infrastructure, propellant depot: Unknown Defunct (2020) [228] Made In Space: 3D printing in ISS, in-space antenna systems, fiber optics Unknown Operational (2018) [229] Varda Space Industries: building products in space and bringing them back to earth (ex: ZBLAN, 3d printed organs) Unknown ...
Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shénzhōu, / ˈ ʃ ɛ n ˈ dʒ oʊ /; [2] see § Etymology) is a Chinese spacecraft developed for the nation's crewed space program.Its design was based on Russia's Soyuz, but larger and modernized, Shenzhou is a single-use vehicle composed of three modules.
The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China.The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, later ...
Landspace Technology Corporation was established in 2015, after a Chinese government policy change in 2014 that allowed private capital into the space industry. [11] Since its founding, the company has established several aerospace infrastructure sites in Zhejiang, including a $1.5 billion medium and large-scale liquid rocket assembly and test plant in Jiaxing and an intelligent manufacturing ...
Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd., or HICAL, is a Chinese state-owned company that operates the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site, China's first commercial spaceport. Established in 2022, HICAL is the first commercially incorporated company in China to independently own and manage a spaceport.
Space Pioneer was founded in 2019 [3] by Kang Yonglai. [2] Kang was the former CTO of LandSpace until 2019, when he left to establish Space Pioneer. [4]The company completed two funding rounds in 2019, including a ZJU Joint Innovation investment, [3] to continue liquid bipropellant engine development of the Tianhuo series of rocket engines.
The first commercial space launch company in China, China Sanjiang Space Group Co., another subsidiary of CASIC, is planning it first launch for 2017, using ExPace's KZ-11 launch vehicle. [9] [10] The KZ-11 launch vehicle has launched but failed to reach orbit on 10 July 2020. [11]