The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies China Manned Space Agency: 2 models, 4 deployments across 1 region, 1 active incident. 1 source back the record.
CategorySpace
Overview
China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) is the government agency responsible for administering China's human spaceflight program, established in June 1993. It oversees the Tiangong space station, Shenzhou crewed missions, and Tianzhou cargo resupply missions, and is working toward a crewed lunar landing by 2030 using the Long March-10 rocket, Mengzhou spacecraft, and Lanyue lunar lander.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 4 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
Director General
Deputy Director
Parent organization
Program
Crewed lunar landing target
Space station
Launch site
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Shenzhou
Crewed spacecraft performing autonomous fast-rendezvous docking with the Tiangong space station. It is a robotic system designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Autonomy level: autonomous fast rendezvous + docking, Form factor: space, Maker: China Manned Space Agency.
Current platform
Tianzhou
Autonomous cargo spacecraft performing fast autonomous rendezvous-and-docking with the Tiangong space station.
Partnerships
Every company China Manned Space Agency has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1SUPARCO1× joint
Most recent
- with SUPARCOoperating
China Manned Space Agency on the deployment map
View the global map4 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Sep 2021. Explore where China Manned Space Agency's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full China Manned Space Agency deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Hao Chun Director Generalsecondary-verified
- Lin Xiqiang Deputy Directorsecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting China Manned Space Agency (1)
Includes incidents linked directly to this company, to its models, or to deployments of its models or under its operation. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operator customers (1)
- China Manned Space Agency4 deployments
Recent coverage
China Manned Space Agency in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every China Manned Space Agency competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ClearSpacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company China Manned Space Agency has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with SUPARCOoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1SUPARCO1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- CMSA x Pakistan SUPARCO (Astronaut Program)withSUPARCOdevelopment2025-02-28operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in China Manned Space Agency’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipCMSA x Pakistan SUPARCO (Astronaut Program)
2025-02-28China and Pakistan signed an agreement on the selection and training of astronauts, with a Pakistani astronaut to participate as a payload specialist in a short-term flight mission aboard China's Tiangong space station.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Shenzhou crewed spacecraft docking
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Tianzhou cargo spacecraft rapid docking
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedOct 30, 2025
Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft suspected struck by orbital debris, delaying astronaut...
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 20, 2021
Tianzhou at Low Earth Orbit
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for China Manned Space Agency.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning China Manned Space Agency from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
China called off its ice-hunting Moon shot a day before launch
China called off its most ambitious Moon mission the day before it was due to fly. The announcement runs to a single sentence. Chang’e 7 does not meet the conditions for launch,…
Chang'e-7 Postponement Signals China's Push Toward a Unified Long-Term Lunar Strategy
China Manned Space Agency said Chang'e-7 does not meet launch conditions for this year's window; the postponement points to a deeper shift toward integrating manned and unmanned…
China sends astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing
China launched Shenzhou-23 with three astronauts to Tiangong, including the first astronaut from Hong Kong, with one crew member to stay for a record one-year mission.
China's manned space program releases major tasks ahead
CMSA announced two crewed missions and one cargo spacecraft mission for 2026, including a year-long in-orbit stay experiment and an astronaut from Hong Kong or Macao.
Chinese Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft
Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft suspected struck by orbital debris while docked at Tiangong, delaying astronaut return and prompting an emergency rescue mission.
CMSA Management — China Manned Space Agency
Official CMSA page describing the agency's establishment in 1993, its responsibilities for China's manned space program, and leadership under Director General Hao Chun.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/china-manned-space-agency.md
- RSS feed: /companies/china-manned-space-agency/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4df8215d-b374-435c-9948-ab9b66a38a5c
- Revision history: /companies/china-manned-space-agency/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
Video
China launches its Shenzhou-21 crewed spaceship on Oct. 31 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang to China's Tiangong space station. Welcome t
For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-04/Chinese-taikonaut-installs-foot-stops-on-robotic-arm-during-spacewalk-11Crh0OOtqM/index.html Liu Boming and Ta
For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-06/China-space-station-s-robotic-arm-trial-relocates-cargo-spacecraft-16B85C2G3DO/index.html The robotic arm atta
The robotic arm attached to China's space station successfully grabbed and moved the Tianzhou-2 cargo ship in a test on Thursday, China Manned Space Engineering
The China Manned Space Agency on Friday released a bunch of videos and photos shot from China's space station Tiangong. https://www.cctvplus.com/news/20220820/8
For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-08-24/China-s-space-agency-video-spotlights-robotic-arm-in-action-1cKMfLpXMM8/index.html The China Manned Space Agen
For more: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-02-11/Space-Log-A-closer-look-at-how-China-s-robotic-arm-works-17yJTWuGpJC/index.html China Manned Space Agency rele
The China Manned Space Agency on Tuesday released videos shot from China's Tiangong space station showing a mechanical arm inspecting the space station's exteri
The small robotic arm on board Wentian lab module in China's space station has completed a series of in-orbit tests and delivered excellent performances, accord
China's Yuxing 3-06 commercial experimental satellite, the first of its kind to be equipped with a flexible robotic arm, has recently completed an in-orbit refu
China's Shenzhou-19 crew, who has worked in the Tiangong space station for more than 150 days, performed a series of scientific experiments and tests last week,
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
China Manned Space Agency draws attention at the 57th percentile but verifies reality at the 87th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -30.3, 27th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 4, 2026