# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sun-jiadong
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:45.635Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sun-jiadong"
name: "Sun Jiadong"
slug: "sun-jiadong"
description: "Sun Jiadong is a Chinese aerospace engineer who is an expert in carrier rocket and satellite technology. He has long served as a leader of Chinese satellite projects, and is currently the chief designer for the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. Sun is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and of the International Academy of Astronautics. Jiadong is also known as the \" Father of Chinese Satellites\"."
tagline: "Chinese scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%AD%99%E5%AE%B6%E6%A0%8B%E9%99%A2%E5%A3%AB.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1929-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.12
  momentum:             1.474103585657371
  historical:           5.708138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%AB%E5%AE%B6%E6%A3%9F"
    title: "孫家棟"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "سون چيادونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Jiadong"
    title: "Sun Jiadong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%99%E5%AE%B6%E6%A0%8B"
    title: "孙家栋"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Сунь Цзядун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%A6%D0%B7%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Сунь Цзядун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q986597"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump