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China National Space Administration

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China National Space Administration
国家航天局

CNSA logo
Owner  People's Republic of China
Established 22 April 1993
Headquarters Beijing
Primary spaceport Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Administrator Sun Laiyan
Budget US$500 million (official)
Website www.cnsa.gov.cn
China National Space Administration
Traditional Chinese: 國家航天局
Simplified Chinese: 国家航天局

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for the national space program.[1]

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[edit] History

Although China's space program has existed since 1956, CNSA is a relatively new agency created in 1993 when the Ministry of Aerospace Industry was split into CNSA and the China Aerospace Corporation (CASC). The former was to be responsible for policy, while the latter was to be responsible for execution. This arrangement proved somewhat unsatisfactory, as these two agencies were, in effect, one large agency, sharing both personnel and management.[2]

As part of a massive restructuring, in 1998, CASC was split into a number of smaller state-owned companies. The intention appeared to have been to create a system similar to that characteristic of Western defense procurement in which entities which are government agencies, setting operational policy, would then contract out their operational requirements to entities which were government-owned, but not government-managed.[3]

[edit] Administration

The current administrator is Sun Laiyan, appointed in 2004. Jin Zhuanglong and Luo Ge were appointed as vice-administrators in 2005.

Previous administrators:

[edit] Departments

There are four departments under the CNSA:

  • Department of General Planning
  • Department of System Engineering
  • Department of Science, Technology and Quality Control
  • Department of Foreign Affairs

[edit] CNSA logo

CNSA's logo is a similar design to that of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation[4]. The arrow in middle has a similar shape as the Chinese character 人 which means 'human' or 'people', to state that human is the center of all space explorations. The three concentric ellipses stand for three Escape Velocity (minimum speed needed to move around earth, to escape earth system and to escape the solar system) which are milestones of space explorations. The second ring is drew with a bold line, to state that China has passed the first stage exploration (earth system) and is undergoing second stage exploration (within the solar system). The 人 character stands above the three rings to emphasize on human's capability to escape and explore. Olive branches were added to state that China's space exploration is peaceful.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615709/n620681/n771918/index.html
  2. ^ http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615709/n620681/n771918/index.html
  3. ^ http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/n615709/n620681/n771918/index.html
  4. ^ http://www.spacechina.com/qywh_qysbxt_sjsbxt.shtml
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