Listed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteShanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST / Eighth Academy)
Original identifier: 上海航天技術研究院（SAST／八院）
An academy within CASC. The collected evidence identifies its development-lead role for Fengyun-4 GEO meteorological satellites.
Organization and business relationships
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Listed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteListed affiliation. Institute 509 appears in SAST’s 2026 graduate recruitment notice. Its full name is separately corroborated by a 2026 university notice; recruitment does not establish direct corporate control.
Relationship source ↗Affiliation. The source-specific relationship note is available in Japanese. This English view does not specify whether the link represents direct ownership or provide an ownership percentage.
Relationship source ↗ · Japanese noteDisclosed plans and statements are distinguished from OrbitRabbit’s analysis. Check the meaning of every amount. An unknown value or equity stake is not zero.
Satellites and equipment
Fengyun-4 satellite 03: development leadership
CASC states that its Eighth Academy led development of this spacecraft. It is a new-generation geostationary meteorological satellite using a high-performance remote-sensing platform with electric propulsion.
CASC: launch of Fengyun-4 satellite 03 ↗Satellite manufacture and ground operations have different roles
The same announcement identifies the China Meteorological Administration as the user organization responsible for construction and operation of the ground application system. This is distinct from the Eighth Academy’s development of the satellite.
CASC: launch of Fengyun-4 satellite 03 ↗Reconciliation of 12 recruiting units
The 2026 graduate recruitment notice lists the Eighth Department and 11 numbered units. Unit 149 is called an institute here and a factory in the earlier directory; this remains a naming discrepancy, not a new entity. Recruitment participation does not establish ownership or exhaustive coverage.
Reconciliation of 12 recruiting units ↗Investment and capital
An academy within CASC
CASC’s official organization directory lists the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. Project-specific capital expenditure and external investment amounts are not recorded here.
CASC official organization directory ↗Analysis and further checks
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