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China’s Starlink rival launches its first round of internet satellites.
The state-backed Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology Company successfully launched 18 satellites on Tuesday, with goals of bringing 648 satellites into orbit by the end of 2025, according to the South China Morning Post.
The company, which aims to operate 14,000 satellites by 2030, still has ways to go to catch up to Starlink’s growing constellation of more than 6,000 satellites.
China begins work of setting up vast network of internet satellites
[South China Morning Post]
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