China Files Plans for 200,000+ Internet Satellites Amid Space Resource Concerns
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Summary
Chinese companies have filed submissions with the International Telecommunication Union to launch over 200,000 internet satellites, with two major projects (CTC-1 and CTC-2) each proposing 96,714 satellites. This move comes as Beijing has criticized SpaceX's Starlink for crowding orbital resources, while the US FCC has approved SpaceX to launch 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledChinese firms have signalled plans to launch more than 200,000 internet satellites
filing submissions with a UN agency just as Beijing accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of crowding shared orbital resources
The biggest projects – CTC-1 and CTC-2 – were for 96,714 satellites each
The institute was registered in China's northern Hebei province on De
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