From the perspective of affiliation, both aerospace science and technology and aerospace science and technology are wholly state-owned enterprises managed by the State Council SASAC. The National Space Administration is a national bureau managed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the State Council.
Because of the different coverage, the intuitive impression is that space science and technology have greater authority, and the National Space Administration (NASA) appears on international occasions to communicate on behalf of domestic organizations. Actually, the relationship between them is more complicated. It can't be said that the National Space Administration is in charge of space science and technology, and it can't be stated the other way around.
Let's learn about China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The symbol of aerospace science and technology group is an arrow, which we often see, especially the American space force established last year also adopted, which means that the American space force has followed the symbol of their time in the Air Force Space Command. CASC is involved in a wide range of fields.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation was established in July 1999. Its predecessor originated from the Fifth Research Institute of the Ministry of National Defense and was established in 1956. It has experienced the historical evolution of the Seventh Ministry of Machinery Industry, the Ministry of Aerospace Industry, China Aerospace Industry Corporation and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd. is mainly engaged in the research, design, production, test and launch services of space products and strategic and tactical missile weapon systems such as launch vehicles, various satellites, manned spacecraft, cargo spacecraft, deep space probes and space stations.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is accelerating the construction of a space power, continuing to implement major national science and technology projects such as manned space flight and lunar exploration, Beidou navigation and high-resolution Earth observation system, launching a number of new major science and technology projects and major projects such as heavy launch vehicles, Mars exploration, asteroid exploration, on-orbit service and maintenance of spacecraft, and integrated information network between heaven and earth, and actively carrying out exchanges and cooperation at home and abroad.
From the Long March rocket to most Beidou satellites, domestic communication satellites and remote sensing satellites, these CASC are all involved. Beidou satellite, by the way, most Beidou satellites were developed by CASC, and some were developed by Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Let's look at the National Space Administration, China National Space Administration, or CNSA for short. Open the official website of the National Space Administration, and let's first look at the institutional functions of the National Space Administration.
China National Space Administration is the government agency in charge of civil space management and international space cooperation in People's Republic of China (PRC), and performs the corresponding management responsibilities of the government. Conduct industry management of space activities to make them develop steadily, orderly, healthily and harmoniously. Organize or lead foreign exchanges and cooperation in the space field on behalf of the China Municipal Government.
CNSA is responsible for:
1, study and formulate national space policies and regulations.
2. To study and formulate national space development plans, plans and industry standards.
3. Organize the demonstration and approval of major aerospace scientific research projects, and be responsible for supervising and coordinating the implementation of major aerospace scientific research projects.
4. Exchanges and cooperation between governments and international organizations in the space field.
Compared with the overall supervision and management of space launch activities, CNSA is more like a consulting and planning organization, which does not involve all major space fields in China. The most typical example is that China's manned space flight is managed by the China Manned Space Office under the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, not by the National Space Administration.