The Institute of Space Science and Applied Technology is currently undertaking more than 60 projects,including:the 13th Five-Year National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure—"Space Environment Foundation Comprehensive Monitoring Network" (referred to the second phase of the Meridian Project), a comprehensive station project of Harbin Institute of Technology(Shenzhen), National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the key field research and development "Quantum Science and Engineering" major project—"Single Photon Atmospheric Radar Key Technology Research" of Guangdong Province , Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Innovation and Entrepreneurship Special Project (Peacock Team) —"Satellite Spectral Remote Sensing Innovation Technology and Industrialization" ,"Macao Science and Technology One Satellite ” project which develops a scalar magnetometer payload.Apart from that , there are many National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other horizontal projects from provincial and municipal science and technology projects, and from enterprises . Ever since the establishment of the institute, it has secured more than 150 million yuan in research funding.

ISSAT hosted the 4th Global Chinese Space Weather Science Conference, the 1st National Digital Space Symposium, the 11th National Space Weather Symposium and the 2nd National Digital Space Strategy Symposium, and other international and domestic conferences. The institute maintain close scientific research cooperation relations with more than ten famous universities and scientific research institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Macau, Hong Kong, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Wuhan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Macau University of Science and Technology, Dongfanghonghaite , ZTE and other universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises.