The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) () is a Chinese

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and subordinate of

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, or CASC, is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has subsidiaries which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategi ...

(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.

Space flight programmes

CAST designs and manufactures the

Dong Fang Hong Dongfanghong () was a satellite program of the People's Republic of China. The program started in August 1965 as Project 651—a less ambitious successor to the earlier Project 581—with the goal of launching a satellite heavier than both Sputni ...

satellites.

U.S. sanctions

CAST is the majority shareholder of listed company China Spacesat. On 30 June, 2020, CAST owns 51.46% of China Spacesat Co. In August 2020, the

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published the names of companies linked to the

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operating directly or indirectly in the United States. China Spacesat Co. was included on the list. In November 2020,

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issued an

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prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included China Spacesat. In August 2022, CAST's 502 and 513 Research Institutes were added to the

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References

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* {{coord missing, Beijing Space program of the People's Republic of China Research institutes in China