Qianfan

Qianfan (Chinese: 千帆星座; pinyin: Qiānfān xīngzuò; lit. 'Thousand Sails Constellation'),[1] officially known as the Spacesail Constellation[2] and also referred to as G60 Starlink,[3] is a planned Chinese low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage created by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST). The project was started in 2024 as a rival to the Starlink satellite constellation installed by SpaceX, and plans to be constituted of over 15,000 satellites by the project's end.[4][5]

  1. ^ ""千帆星座"首批组网星成功发射,为什么要打造低轨卫星互联网?". The Paper. 21 August 2024.
  2. ^ "CGWIC Successfully Launches the First Batch Satellites of Spacesail Constellation by LM-6A Launch Vehicle". CGWIC. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ Baptista, Eduardo (August 6, 2024). "China will launch first satellites of constellation to rival Starlink, newspaper reports". Reuters. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ Kharpal, Arjun (2024-08-06). "China launches its rival to Elon Musk's Starlink internet satellites". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  5. ^ Jones, Andrew (2024-08-06). "China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-08-11.