CAST China Space Technology News Scraper
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CAST China Space Technology News Scraper
Scrapes news articles from CAST (中国空间技术研究院), China's primary satellite manufacturer. Extracts articles from channels including 本院动态, 媒体聚焦, 科技动态, and more. Each article includes title, full body text and HTML, publish date, source attribution, and channel name.
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Scrapes news articles from CAST (中国空间技术研究院 — China Academy of Space Technology), the primary satellite manufacturer for China (~70% of all Chinese satellites). CAST built Shenzhou crewed spacecraft, Tiangong space station modules, Chang'e lunar landers, Tianwen Mars rover, and every major Chinese satellite bus platform (DFH-3, DFH-4, DFH-5).
What it scrapes
Articles from CAST's news channels, including:
| Channel ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 690 | 本院动态 | Institute news (flagship engineering announcements) |
| 689 | 媒体聚焦 | Media coverage and external press |
| 688 | 八面来风 | External industry coverage |
| 1051 | 科技动态 | Technology updates |
| 1065 | 型号成就 | Product/mission achievements |
Output fields
Each record contains:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
article_id | Numeric ID from URL (/news/{id}) |
channel_id | Source channel ID |
channel_name | Human-readable channel name in Chinese |
title_zh | Article title in Chinese |
body_html | Full article body as raw HTML |
body_text | Full article body as plain text |
publish_date | Publish date in ISO-8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) |
source | Credited source (信息来源 field) |
source_url | Canonical URL (https://www.cast.cn/news/{id}) |
images | Pipe-separated list of image URLs from article body |
scrapedAt | ISO-8601 timestamp when scraped |
Input
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
channelIds | array of integers | [690, 689, 688] | CAST channel IDs to scrape |
maxItems | integer | 10 | Maximum articles to scrape (0 = no limit) |
Use cases
- Competitive intelligence: Bus platform announcements (DFH-5 rollout, Shijian series) appear in CAST news before CASC press releases
- Mission tracking: Launch outcomes, spacecraft integration milestones
- Defense/space industry analysis: Satellite-bus competitive intelligence for Boeing/Lockheed/Airbus DS analysts
- Academic research: Primary-source Chinese space program news in structured format
Notes
- Site uses a legacy ASP.NET backend; all pages are server-rendered HTML
- No authentication required; publicly accessible
- CAST is also known as the Fifth Research Institute (五院) of CASC
