China Academy of Space Technology

The China Academy of Space Technology is a research institute affiliated with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), located in Haidian, Beijing, China. The institute was founded on 20 February 1968, and is a major spacecraft development and production facility in China. On 24 April 1970, CAST successfully launched China's first artificial satellite Dong Fang Hong I.

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1968 Website,  Wikidata
CAST; Chinese Academy of Space Technology
space agency, Chinese wholly state-owned enterprise, People's Republic of China, 
Dong Fang Hong 2, Hongtu-1, Tianlian I, 

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  Tianlian I ⓘ
  series of Chinese data tracking and relay communications satellites

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  Hongtu-1 ⓘ
  Chinese commercial X-band interferometric synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation

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1968 China Academy of Space Technology

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	space object	2003	Tianlian I	communications satellite	Wikidata
class	space object	2023	Hongtu-1	SAR satellite	Wikidata