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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation serves as the main contractor for China's state space program as a state-owned enterprise.
ACTIVEChinese state-owned enterprise and main contractor for the Chinese space program, engaged in the research, design, manufacture, test and launch of space products such as launch vehicles, satellites and crewed spacecraft, including the Long March rockets.
Chinese state-owned enterprise and main contractor for the Chinese space program, engaged in the research, design, manufacture, test and launch of space products such as launch vehicles, satellites and crewed spacecraft, including the Long March rockets.
Provisional: the latest data refresh looked incomplete and was held, so these scores use inputs measured 2026-10-10.
Rank 2 of 156 ranked companies. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 1 and 6.
3 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 77% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-10 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice. Full disclaimer
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, Employees
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No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Stage, milestones, announced next steps and slips, funding and filings, every fact sourced:
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Compiled Oct 12, 2026 from 4 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Launches flown as provider
125 since Nov 18, 2024
2 failed. Latest: Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group 27
Our launch record starts Nov 18, 2024; earlier launches are not counted here. Every kind of launch in the feed counts, crewed, lunar and station missions included.
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
Latest launch Oct 9, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
199 in orbit of 261 launched
Latest: Hai Yang 2-05
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes APMT, ARMT, BISME, BWYIC, CALT, CALTQ, CASC, CASC2A, CASC6A, CASC6A1, CAST, CASTBZ, CASTIX, CGWIC, CHISA, CHISAE, CZHJ, DFH, DFHYT, DFHZ, SAST, SATC, SISE, SISP, SIWEI, SLREC, SSW, SZRTC, YWZB, ZHSH, ZHSW. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 1, 2026
Satellites built
742 payloads launched, 582 in orbit
Latest: Hai Yang 2-05
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes APMT, ARMT, BISME, BWYIC, CALT, CALTQ, CASC, CASC2A, CASC6A, CASC6A1, CAST, CASTBZ, CASTIX, CGWIC, CHISA, CHISAE, CZHJ, DFH, DFHYT, DFHZ, SAST, SATC, SISE, SISP, SIWEI, SLREC, SSW, SZRTC, YWZB, ZHSH, ZHSW. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 1, 2026
Strategic Support Troops
Owns 54 satellites it built (latest Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 26A)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 23, 2026
China Satellite Network Group Co. Ltd.
Owns 92 satellites it built (latest WHDW 22-01)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 17, 2026
General Armaments Dept. of the PLA
Owns 119 satellites it built (latest Shi Jian 31)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 16, 2026
China Manned Space Engineering Office
Owns 43 satellites it built (latest Shenzhou 23)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 12). China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casc
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation: Company dossier." Data as of October 12, 2026. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casc.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_chinaaerospacescienceandtechnolo_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casc}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casc},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; each fact links its primary source}
}China National Space Administration
Owns 69 satellites it built (latest HG-03)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Oct 10, 2024
Harbin Gongda Satellite Tech. Co Ltd.
Built 5 of its satellites (latest Gaosu Jiguang Zuanzhi 1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 12, 2024
Shenzhen Hangtian DongFangHong HIT Weixing YG
Built 19 of its satellites (latest Yunhai-2 02 zu 01 xing)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Mar 21, 2024
Harbin Institute of Technology
Built 5 of its satellites (latest Longjiang 1)
GCAT satellite catalogue, May 20, 2018