China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation中国航天科技集团

Lift-off at 16:52 from the Hainan commercial spaceport. CALT was prime contractor for the rocket and CAST prime contractor for the satellites; this was the 661st Long March launch. It is the most recent public instance of the supply relationship between CASC and China SatNet — SatNet is an independent central SOE ranking alongside CASC, and CASC supplies it at both ends, rocket and satellite.

Lift-off at 10:00 from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation test zone. The official release states verbatim: the rocket's second stage entered the planned orbit, the first stage was not recovered successfully, and the specific cause is under further analysis and investigation. This was CASC's first operational-grade recovery attempt for a reusable rocket, and it fell short of expectations.

After the RMB 6.1 billion technology-innovation exchangeable corporate bond issued in August 2024 entered its conversion window, investors converted into 182,931,097 shares (4.33% of China Satcom's total share capital). CASC's direct holding fell from 74.72% to 70.39% and its total controlled stake from 84.27% to 79.94%. This is a complete worked example of the group raising finance against equity in a listed subsidiary.

Flown by a Long March 8A. The Long March family reached 600 launches since its first flight in 1970. By 4 August 2026 the figure was 661.

Mission objectives include exploring and returning samples from the near-Earth asteroid 2016HO3. A landmark mission on CASC's deep-space exploration line; the related assets are unlisted.

The fund totals RMB 59.6 billion; CASC contributed RMB 2 billion for a 4.2017% share. Single source: Taibo citing business registration data from Qichacha; no announcement from SASAC or from the fund side was found, and this site could not independently verify it.

A Long March 8 (CALT as prime contractor) placed the fifth batch of Qianfan constellation networking satellites into orbit, eighteen satellites on one rocket. Pad 1 was built by CASC's CALT on an EPC basis and is designed for “launch in 7 days, restore in 7 days”; from this point the spaceport had dual-pad launch capability. Here CASC is both the launch service provider and the infrastructure contractor.

Priced at RMB 12.68 per share, with CASC as controlling shareholder; positioned as a large professional software and informatisation services company. It is the most recent listing among CASC's 12 A-share controlled listed companies.

It acquired 100% of Aerospace Energy (航天能源) and Aerospace Moulding (航天模塑), both under CASC's Seventh Academy, by issuing shares, at a price of RMB 3.303 billion; the counterparties committed to combined net profit of no less than RMB 880 million over 2022–2024. The company was renamed Aerospace Intelligent Manufacturing in 2023. This automotive-components maker became the most profitable A-share company in the CASC group in fiscal 2025.

The successful maiden flight of a purely commercial-model solid launch vehicle from China Long March Rocket Co., Ltd. (中国长征火箭有限公司), a subsidiary of CALT. It marks the point at which the “national team” began competing in the commercial launch market as a commercial entity, rather than only as an executor of state missions.

CASC's core specialised subsidiary for satellite operations services listed under ticker 601698. It is the group's only listed satellite-operations platform, and one of the two companies among the 12 A-share listings that map directly to space-economy revenue.

Converted in its entirety from a whole-people-ownership enterprise into a wholly state-owned company; the name changed from 「中国航天科技集团公司」 to 「中国航天科技集团有限公司」 (China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Limited), and registered capital rose from RMB 11.12069 billion to RMB 20 billion. The actual controller is SASAC.

Formed by splitting up the former China Aerospace Industry Corporation; its lineage traces back to the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of National Defence, established in 1956. The other entity split off at the same time was China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) — the two are frequently confused; the Kuaizhou rocket family belongs to CASIC and does not count towards CASC.