China finally launches satellite for Starlink rival satellite internet 'G60 Starlink'
On Monday, August 5, 2024 (local time), it was reported that Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, successfully launched the first of a constellation of artificial satellites to build a satellite internet service on the same scale as
China launches first satellites of constellation to rival Starlink, newspaper reports | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-launches-first-satellites-constellation-rival-starlink-newspaper-reports-2024-08-05/
Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology is building a satellite internet network called 'G60 Starlink,' which can be said to be a Chinese version of SpaceX's satellite internet service 'Starlink.' As infrastructure for G60 Starlink, Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology plans to launch artificial satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), and the first launch has finally been carried out.
According to a report by the China Securities Journal, a state-owned media outlet, Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Science and Technology Co., Ltd. launched the satellite at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, one of the satellite and missile launch centers in Shanxi Province in northern China. Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Science and Technology Co., Ltd. plans to deploy as many as 15,000 satellites in low orbit to build the G60 Starlink.
The reason for placing satellites in low orbit is that they are 'less costly than those in higher orbits' and 'can transmit communication radio waves more efficiently.'
Starlink, the predecessor service, already has tens of thousands of users in the United States and plans to deploy more satellites in low orbit in the future. Researchers from the People's Liberation Army of China have been focusing on Starlink, which is active in Ukraine , since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and have been studying 'the risks that Starlink poses to China in the event of a military conflict with the United States.'
In January 2024, the People's Liberation Army of China published an editorial stating that 'the deployment of Starlink is a serious threat to the security of each country's space resources.' Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology's G60 Starlink is a project to counter the threat of Starlink by building China's own Starlink.
Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology plans to launch 108 satellites in 2024 and 648 by the end of 2025. It plans to establish global network coverage by 2027 and deploy 15,000 satellites by 2030.
In the United States, a satellite internet network to rival Starlink is also being constructed, and AST SpaceMobile , which is partnered with Japan's Rakuten Mobile , has received limited authority from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which regulates and oversees broadcasting and communications businesses in the United States, to operate a satellite communications system for smartphones. With this approval, AST SpaceMobile will have the authority to operate five BlueBird satellites, scheduled to be launched in September 2024.
AST SpaceMobile Receives Only Partial FCC Approval for Its Starlink Rival | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/ast-spacemobile-receives-only-partial-fcc-approval-for-its-starlink-rival
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