What Happened
Mega Constellation Race Accelerates With State and Commercial Launchers
China has launched four orbital rockets in less than 45 hours, marking a significant acceleration in the country’s efforts to deploy large-scale low Earth orbit broadband constellations. The launches, which involved a mix of state-owned and commercial launch vehicles, carried satellites for Qianfan and SatNet, two of China’s major broadband networks. The rapid launch sequence demonstrates China’s growing launch capacity and its ability to support the deployment of thousands of satellites. This development was first reported by Unknown Source.