Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology
| Other Name: | 航天推进技术研究院; Base 067; Sixth Academy [1]; Shaanxi Lingnan Machinery Corporation |
|---|---|
| Location: | Shanxi Province |
| Subordinate To: | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) |
| Size: | Unknown |
| Facility Status: | Active |
The Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology reportedly is a research and development center for liquid engines and inertial guidance systems for launch vehicles. [2] This academy was originally established in the late 1960s as a Third-Line facility. [3]
The academy’s more recent products include the YF-77 and YF-100 rocket engines. The YF-77 uses liquid hydrogen (LH2) as fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as oxidizer, and the YF-100 uses Kerosene as fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as oxidizer. These rocket engines power the Changzheng-5 (Long March-5), China’s next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle for commercial satellites and space station modules. [4]
Important departments, institutes and factories include the following: [5]
• 11th Research Institute, Xian Aerospace Propulsion Institute;
• 101 Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Aerospace Testing Technology;
• 165 Research Institute;
• 801st Research Institute, Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion;
• 7103 Factory;
• 7414 Factory, Xian Hanxing Factory; and
• Xian Aerospace Measurement and Test Center.
Sources:
[1] CASIC Sixth Academy is a separate entity.
[2] “China's Aerospace and Defence Industry: Appendix A – Industry Directory,” Jane’s Information Group, 5 December 2000.
[3] John W. Lewis and Xue Litai, China’s Seapower: The Politics of Force Modernization in the Nuclear Age (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994), p. 170.
[4] Mark Stokes, “China’s Evolving Conventional Strategic Strike Capability,” Project 2049, 14 September 2009, p. 83; “Changzheng 5,” SinoDefence.com, 1 November 2010, http://www.sinodefence.com/.
[5] Mark Stokes, “China’s Evolving Conventional Strategic Strike Capability,” Project 2049, 14 September 2009, pp. 83-86.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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