CHINA'S MISSILE-RELATED FACILITIES/ORGANIZATIONS
This page contains listings for China's missile related facilities and organizations arranged alphabetically from Beijing Long March Scientific and Technical Information Institute to Bohai Gulf Missile Test Facility. For additional listings, please click on the links below:
119 Factory - 8511 Research Institute
Aviation Industries Corporation - Beijing Institute of
Tracking and Communication Technology
Beijing Long March Scientific and Technical Information Institute - Bohai
Gulf Missile Test Facility
Carrier Rocket Technology Research Institute Rocket
Assembly Plant - China Resource Satellite Application Center
China Sanjiang Space Group - Computer and Control
Corporation
Dalian University of Technology, Institute of
Engineering Mechanics - Hunan Space Agency
Institute for Astronautics Information - Kunming
Training/Support Facility
Launch Complex B1 - Northwest Industrial University
Ordinance Systems Engineering Institute - Shanghai
Xinxin Machine Factory
Shenyang Aeronautical Engineering Institute -
Tongjiang Machinery Factory
University of Electronic Science and Technology -
Zhengzhou Aeronautical Management Institute
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ORGANIZATION |
ACTIVITIES |
|
| BEIJING LONG MARCH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE | ||
| BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY | ||
| BEIJING ORIENT SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT
FACTORY
"529 Factory" |
Final assembly for satellite systems. | Under the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), or 5th Academy. |
| BEIJING POWER GENERATING MACHINERY INSTITUTE | ||
| BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF
MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
"703rd Research Institute" |
Under the China Academy of Launch Technology (CALT), or 1st Academy. | |
| BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF
TELEMETRY (BRIT)
"704th Research Institute" |
Design, research and development of guidance systems, including GPS guidance for the DF-15 ballistic missile; involved in improving the DF-21 using terminal guidance. | Under the China Academy of Launch Technology (CALT), or 1st Academy; over 1000 personnel; established in 1991. |
| BEIJING ROCKET TEST CENTER (Possible other names: Ballistic Missile Technology Institute; Rocket Engine Test Facility or Academy) | Designs and tests rocket engines for SLVs; previously tested ballistic missiles, including the DF-2 (using liquid oxygen and alcohol); tests rocket engines for ballistic missiles and SLVs; produces rocket engine test stands | Located 30 miles southwest of Beijing |
| BEIJING SIMULATION CENTER | Research of simulation technology in the power, chemical, energy resources, manufacture, entertainment, and aerospace industries. | Under the China Aerospace Corporation Organization (CASC). |
| BEIJING SPACECRAFT MANUFACTURE FACTORY | ||
| BEIJING SPACE TECHNOLOGY TEST CENTER | Under the China Aerospace Corporation Organization (CASC). | |
| BEIJING SPECIAL MACHINERY (Tezhong
Jixie) INSTITUTE
"8359th Research Institute" |
Cruise missile launching equipment (tube, air, etc). Russian exchanges. | Under the Haiying Academy of Electromechanical Technology, or 3rd Academy. |
| BEIJING SPECIAL ELECTROMECHANICAL
INSTITUTE
"14th Research Institute" |
Warhead development. | Under the China Academy of Launch Technology (CALT), or 1st Academy; closely associated with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Physics (CAEP) in effort to miniaturize warheads. |
| BEIJING UNIVERSITY | ||
| BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS (BUAA) | ||
| BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | ||
| BEIJING WAN YUAN INDUSTRY CORPORATION (BWYIC) (also known as the Wan Yuan Industry Corporation, Wan Yuan Company, Capital Machinery Corporation) | Business "cover" for CALT; associated with the China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corporation (CPMIEC); conducts research, development, production, and testing of ballistic missiles and SLVs, including the M-9/DF-15; can independently conduct missile and SLV sales | Under the China Academy of Launch Technology (CALT), or 1st Academy. |
| BEIJING XINGHUA MACHINERY FACTORY | ||
| BOHAI GULF MISSILE TEST FACILITY | Conducts underwater test launches of the JL-1 (CSS-N-3) SLBM; a land-based command and control facility is nearby |
[Sources: China Astronautics and Missilery Abstracts, various issues; Guide to Enterprises, pp. 37-41, 64-67, 96-97, 103-105, 108-116, 120-127, 132-135, 139, 145-149, 152-159, 173, 188-197, 245, 249, 306; Major Mark A. Stokes, China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for US National Security, October 1997, Appendix One; Barbara Opall, "Chinese Strive To Boost Range, Aim Of Missiles," Defense News, 9-15 December 1996, p. 48; Risk Report, May 1995, pp. 6-7; "World Space Markets Survey," 1994 Edition; Aerospace China, Winter 1995, p. 2, 9, 20; Phillip S. Clark, "China's Recoverable Satellite Programme," Jane's Intelligence Review, November 1993, p. 517; "PRC Ballistic Missile-Related Entities," date unknown.]
Last Updated October 1998
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