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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation is a Chinese state-owned aerospace company focused on missiles, rockets, and satellites.
ACTIVEChinese state-owned enterprise that designs, develops and manufactures spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment.
Chinese state-owned enterprise that designs, develops and manufactures spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment.
Rank 7 of 93 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 2 and 15.
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 2026-10-13 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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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.
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Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 2 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Satellites owned or operated
31 in orbit of 35 launched
Latest: Jiaotong VDES A
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes CASIC, CASIC2A, CASIC4A, CASTL, CHFEN, EXPACE, HEXI, J061, JNSIC, SANJ9, TIANMU, XIYW, XYUN. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Dec 5, 2025
Satellites built
38 payloads launched, 33 in orbit
Latest: Xingwang Jishu SW 10-02
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes CASIC, CASIC2A, CASIC4A, CASTL, CHFEN, EXPACE, HEXI, J061, JNSIC, SANJ9, TIANMU, XIYW, XYUN. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch May 30, 2026
China Satellite Network Group Co. Ltd.
Owns one satellite it built (latest Xingwang Jishu SW 10-02)
GCAT satellite catalogue, May 30, 2026
ZJUNI-SAT
Owns 2 satellites it built (latest Tianping-3B(01))
GCAT satellite catalogue, Oct 22, 2024
Weihai Laser Communication Advanced Tech. Research Inst.
Owns one satellite it built (latest Weihai-1 01)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Feb 3, 2024
Institute of Microsatellite Innovation, CAS
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casic
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casic.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_chinaaerospacescienceandindustry_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casic}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/casic},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}Built 2 of its satellites (latest Jiaotong VDES A)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 5, 2025