Oddbean new post about login | logout China launches first satellites of constellation to rival Starlink, newspaper reports. A Chinese state-owned enterprise on Monday launched the first batch of satellites for a megaconstellation designed to rival U.S. company Space X's Starlink's near-global internet network, a state-backed newspaper reported. https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/ad6a909b8dfd6e278f94881d83dbd5ad5f9260c7502175059b29042e589fb93c/files/1718790627582-YAKIHONNES3.png
China has launched the first batch of satellites for a megaconstellation called the "Thousand Sails Constellation" or "G60 Starlink Plan" that is designed to rival SpaceX's Starlink network . The launch took place at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in the northern province of Shanxi and was led by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST)
