Sanjiang Space Group

China Sanjiang Space Group,

中国三江航天集团

DIRECTOR: Zhao Yonghai
Website: http://www.cssg.com.cn

The Sanjiang Space Group, under the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), is located in Xiaogan, north of Wuhan. Its production is centered in Yuan'an, in western Hubei province, and it maintains an office in Wuhan. The Sanjiang Space Group employs more than 15,300 personnel.

The Sanjiang Space Group conducts research and development of solid-fueled tactical ballistic missiles and stealth/counterstealth technology. It was established in August 1969 as a Third Line production base for the Haiying Academy of Electromechanical Technology, or 3rd Academy, building anti-ship missiles. In 1975 it began independent research on the M-11 missile, designed by Wang Zhenhua, who completed system research and development in 1984. It is also involved in the development of transporter-erector-launchers (TELs).

Institutes under the Sanjiang Space Group include:

Honling Machinery Factory

Hubei Hongxing (Red Star) Chemical Institute, "42nd Research Institute"

Hubei Hongfeng Machinery Plant

Hubei Hongyang Machinery Factory

Hubei Jianghe Chemical Factory

Jiangbei Machinery Factory

Sanjiang Space Group Design Institute

Wanfeng Factory

Wanling Radio Factory

Wanshan Special Vehicle Machinery Factory

Xianfeng Machinery Factory

[Sources: Major Mark A. Stokes, China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for US National Security, October 1997, Appendix One; Air and Cosmos (Paris), 25 October 1996, in FBIS-CST-96-020, 25 October 1996; Nuclear Weapons Databook, Volume 5, p. 340. "China's International Defense-Industrial Organizations Organizational Chart," Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Reference Document DI-1921-60-98, 15 June 1998.]

Updated 10/31/2003

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