Qi Faren | |
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![]() Qi Faren in 2021, speaking at
Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
Born | 1933 (age 90–91)
Wafangdian,
Liaoning, China |
Alma mater | Beijing Aviation Institute |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Satellite design, aerospace engineering |
Qi Faren ( Chinese: 戚发轫; born 1933) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and the chief designer for Chinese spacecraft since the launch of the prototype Shenzhou manned spacecraft in 1999. [1]
Qi was born in 1933 in Wafangdian, Liaoning, China, and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1957. [2] Qi took part in the research and design of the People's Republic of China's first satellite - the Dong Fang Hong I, which was successfully launched, and stayed in orbit, in 1970. [2] He was then appointed the general designer of China's spacecraft in 1992, following the retirement of Qian Xuesen. [1]
Qi is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in 2019, [3] the third Chinese inductee after Wang Xiji and Long Lehao. [4]
Qi Faren | |
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![]() Qi Faren in 2021, speaking at
Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
Born | 1933 (age 90–91)
Wafangdian,
Liaoning, China |
Alma mater | Beijing Aviation Institute |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Satellite design, aerospace engineering |
Qi Faren ( Chinese: 戚发轫; born 1933) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and the chief designer for Chinese spacecraft since the launch of the prototype Shenzhou manned spacecraft in 1999. [1]
Qi was born in 1933 in Wafangdian, Liaoning, China, and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1957. [2] Qi took part in the research and design of the People's Republic of China's first satellite - the Dong Fang Hong I, which was successfully launched, and stayed in orbit, in 1970. [2] He was then appointed the general designer of China's spacecraft in 1992, following the retirement of Qian Xuesen. [1]
Qi is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in 2019, [3] the third Chinese inductee after Wang Xiji and Long Lehao. [4]