China Academy of Space Technology

The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) 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.

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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, Ekran, 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