Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)

Commercial · China · founded 1993

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277Orbital launches
282All launches (incl. suborbital)
19Satellites in orbit
188Satellites built
0Rockets / spacecraft

Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad) is a commercial company based in China, founded in 1993. Our records show 277 orbital launches and 19 satellites in orbit.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

Shanghai Inst. of Satellite Engineering (509 Res.Inst.) 0 orbital launches · 1 satellites in orbit Shanghai Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd. 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit
Activity

Orbital launches per year

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Last 15 years. Peak: 31 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

SY304
Yunhai-13
LSAR2
SAST-30002
SY10?1
JTSY1
SJ211
PJ1

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
23 Oct 2026 YG53/YG56Chang Zheng 4BJQ Success
23 Oct 2026 Yaogan 50-03Chang Zheng 6ATYSC Success
24 Sep 2026 Yaogan 40-04Chang Zheng 6ATYSC Success
19 Sep 2026 PIESAT 2-13 to 16Chang Zheng 2DJQ Success
10 Sep 2026 YG53/YG56Chang Zheng 4BJQ Success
30 Jul 2026 TJS-27A/BChang Zheng 6ATYSC Success
1 Jul 2026 HY-2EChang Zheng 4BJQ Success
1 Jun 2026 QianfanChang Zheng 12BJQ Success
25 Apr 2026 PRSC-EO3Chang Zheng 6TYSC Success
24 Apr 2026 WHJSW 9Chang Zheng 2DXSC Success
17 Apr 2026 Daqi 2Chang Zheng 4CJQ Success
8 Apr 2026 WHDW 21Chang Zheng 6ATYSC Success
Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.