2022.03.05 20:32 GMT+8

China sends 7 satellites to LEO, testing out its first 'constellation'

Updated 2022.03.05 20:32 GMT+8
CGTN

China on Saturday launched seven satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The LEO broadband communication satellites, each weighing 190 kilograms, were mass-produced by China's private satellite developer GalaxySpace. Together with the company's first satellite of its kind that was put into orbit two years ago, the seven satellites make up a testing network to provide uninterrupted low-orbit satellite broadband communication services for more than 30 minutes at a time, becoming a major experimenting platform for China's satellite internet construction.

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