What Happened
Private Aerospace Enterprise Boosts Low-Orbit Internet Constellation
A Chinese private rocket, the Kinetica-2 Y2, has successfully launched 18 satellites into their planned orbits, marking a significant step in the participation of private aerospace enterprises in the country’s large-scale deployment of low-Earth orbit satellite internet constellations. The mission supports China’s Qianfan satellite internet project and demonstrates the growing capabilities of China’s private commercial space sector. The Kinetica-2 rocket has a payload capacity of eight tons to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and 12 tons to a 200-kilometer low-Earth orbit. This development was first reported by Global Times.