China launched the first satellite of the Smart Skynet broadband Internet access constellation on May 9, Yicai reports.
Therefore, China is implementing ambitious plans for the development of satellite communications, according to the report. The satellite was launched into a higher orbit than its American rival Starlink, whose satellites are in low Earth orbit.
The Long March-3B rocket carrying the Smart SkyNet-1 01 satellite lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
It is the first of eight satellites that will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 20,000 kilometers as part of a space Internet service developed by Qingshen Technology Development, a company formed in 2018 by Tsinghua University and Lingang Group, the developer of the new Area of Lingang in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
The constellation will eventually expand to 16 or 32 satellites and will be able to provide network services to the entire world, he said.
Smart SkyNet-1 01 will mainly carry out technical tests, such as establishing a data link between China and the Antarctic research station, as well as pre-accumulating technology for the network project, said the Academy of Flight Technology developer. Shanghai Space Corporation, which is part of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and is one of the country’s largest suppliers of advanced aerospace technologies.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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