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China Launches 8th Batch of Satellites for 13,000-Strong Internet Megaconstellation
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China launches new group of internet satellites
China successfully launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on Wednesday. This satellite group, the eighth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket, featuring a Yuanzheng-2 (Expedition-2) upper stage at the top of the rocket. The satellites successfully entered their preset orbit. This laun…
China is launching an Internet-based satellite-ship group that, yesterday, successfully sent China to low-Earth orbit a new satellite group, from the Wenchang spacecraft launch site in Heinan Province in southern China. This group, the eighth of its kind to form an Internet constellation, was launched on board a Long Marsh-5B carrier rocket, where satellites successfully entered the predefined orbit.
On August 13, another successful launch of the Long March-5B launch vehicle was carried out from the Wenchang Cosmodrome on Hainan Island, which became the 588th in a series of launches. The eighth group of satellites was launched into low Earth orbit to strengthen the orbital group, which in the future will form a full-fledged satellite Internet network. All devices entered the calculated orbit without deviations. Photo: Xinhua / Guo... The pos…
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