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China launched another group of satellites for its satellite-internet constellation, according to state news agency Xinhua. The rocket lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on August 17 and released the satellites of what is now the 24th group into low Earth orbit. The brief dispatch did not specify the launch vehicle or details about the satellites themselves.
The mission continues a notably rapid build-out: China is currently deploying several mega-constellations for broadband internet from orbit, functionally comparable to SpaceX’s Starlink service, with the goal of providing reliable, fast connectivity to remote and sparsely populated regions.
The report did not identify which operator or which specific constellation the newly launched satellites belong to. Yet the fast cadence of recent launches suggests the state-coordinated programme for networking satellite-internet constellations is progressing as planned, with launches routinely conducted from multiple Chinese spaceports.
The expansion of these constellations is regarded as a strategic project: it is intended to make China less dependent on foreign communications infrastructure while further strengthening the country’s commercial space industry.