The Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP; ), of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is a research institution in

Changchun Changchun (, ; ), also romanized as Ch'angch'un, is the capital and largest city of Jilin Province, People's Republic of China. Lying in the center of the Songliao Plain, Changchun is administered as a , comprising 7 districts, 1 county and 3 c ...

, Jilin,

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. It was founded in 1952 as the Institute of Instrumentation of the CAS, by a group of scientists led by

Wang Daheng Wang Daheng (; 26 February 1915 – 21 July 2011) was a Chinese optical physicist, engineer, and inventor widely considered the "father of optical engineering" in China. He was a founding academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

. It was later renamed as the Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics. The current name was adopted in 1999 when the institute was merged with the Changchun Institute of Physics, headed by Xu Xurong. Under the leadership of Wang Daheng, the institute played a crucial role in the development of China's strategic weapons, developing high-precision optics for missile guidance systems. It made major breakthroughs for the

submarine-launched ballistic missile A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...

program. The institute focuses on luminescence, applied optics, optical engineering, and

precision mechanics Precision mechanics (also "fine mechanics") is an engineering discipline that deals with the design and construction of smaller precision machines, often including measuring and control mechanisms of different kinds. The study may be further defin ...

and instruments. It is involved in a number of technology ventures based out of the nearby CAS Changchun Optoelectronics Industrial Park with total assets worth US$403 million. The institute offers undergraduate, master’s and doctoral education programs. The institute developed the

Bilibili Video Satellite Bilibili Video Satellite was launched by Long March 11 on Yellow Sea waters on 15 September 2020. It was China's first custom-made satellite by Chinese internet company Bilibili. The satellite was developed by Chang Guang Satellite Technology ...

, launched in September 2020.

CGSTL

The institute includes the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Corporation (Charming Globe or CGSTL), a commercial offshoot of the institute which manufactures remote sensing satellite buses and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). Chang Guang Satellite Technology owns

Jilin-1 Jilin-1 () is China's first self-developed commercial remote sensing satellite system. The satellites are operated by Chang Guang Satellite Technology Corporation and named after Jilin Province where the company is headquartered. The first se ...

satellite constellation. It already has 31 satellites in orbit and plans to have their constellation reach 138 satellites over the next 4 years.

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