The first satellite for the G60 megaconstellation has rolled off the line in Shanghai. 108 sats to be launched in 2024 to form initial commercial service capabilities. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dus2fpF30o8k…
The first satellite of Shanghai lead constellation "G60" made off the production line from its brand new factory. 108 sats will be launched in 2024. Shanghai government makes a plan to enourage local rocket & satellite makers to produce 50 rockets and 600 sats annual in 2025.
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Brazil and China are collaborating to negotiate a memorandum of understanding aimed at bringing a Chinese satellite company to Brazil, reported The Rio Times. An expert told the Global Times on Thursday that this move indicates the increasing competitiveness of China's commercial aerospace sector.Brazil's Secretary of Telecommunications Hermano Barros Tercius confirmed the plans to the BBC. According to The Rio Times, SpaceSail, developed by Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology, which operates in the low Earth orbit satellite internet sector, aims to begin operations in Brazil by 2025.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202411/1322637.shtmlhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-08/brazil-woos-chinese-starlink-rival-maker-after-feuding-with-muskQuoteBrazil and China are collaborating to negotiate a memorandum of understanding aimed at bringing a Chinese satellite company to Brazil, reported The Rio Times. An expert told the Global Times on Thursday that this move indicates the increasing competitiveness of China's commercial aerospace sector.Brazil's Secretary of Telecommunications Hermano Barros Tercius confirmed the plans to the BBC. According to The Rio Times, SpaceSail, developed by Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology, which operates in the low Earth orbit satellite internet sector, aims to begin operations in Brazil by 2025. The possibility of using the Alcantara launch site is also in discussion.Shanghai Spacecom is in discussion with over 30 countries, with 6 in advanced talk and overea offices (Brazil, Pakistan, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Oman)
On January 1, 2025, data from the Qianfan Constellation low-earth orbit satellite broadband network was successfully integrated aboard the "Gulangyu" cruise ship, operated by Xinglü Ocean International Cruise Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xinglü Ocean"). This milestone signifies the successful network communication test of China's first domestically developed low-earth orbit commercial satellite, marking the first application test following the commercial network deployment of the Qianfan Constellation.During this test, the Gulangyu cruise ship departed from Shanghai and completed the task while passing through Hong Kong. The low-earth orbit satellite broadband network data provided by Qianfan Constellation was successfully connected to the network cloud management platform of China Mobile Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (CMHK), achieving high-speed network connectivity services.
Shanghai Yuanxin's mobile phone direct connection satelliteAt the 2024 Radio Technology and Application Development Forum held in Beijing two days ago, Shanghai Yuanxin also announced its technical solution for mobile phone direct connection satellite. From the indicators, there are still many highlights, such as existing mobile phones directly connected to 4G/5G, 16 square meters of antennas, 100Gbps intersatellite lasers, and uplink rates of no less than 5Mbps. .
The Qianfan constellation model exhibited for the first time at this Shanghai Space DayThe family of Qianfan satellites was shown in the video released yesterday, but it seems that you don’t understand it very well. [Figure 1] The left side shows the single state of the first-generation Qianfan, and the right side shows the launch state of the stacked group of 18 satellites[Figure 2] The left side shows the single state of the second-generation Qianfan, with a mass of 400-500KG, which can be used for maritime communications. The right side shows the single state of the third-generation Qianfan, with an estimated mass of 1.5T, which can be directly connected to mobile phones.
As of last month, Qianfan has launched 90 satellites that will provide broadband internet service for ground users, while Guowang has launched 29.
While Qianfan is slightly ahead, it is also grappling with a significant issue: a concerningly high rate of possible faulty satellites compared to other, similar projects.
Jonathan McDowell, a researcher who maintains a website that analyzes information collected about low Earth orbit satellite networks, says that, of the 90 satellites that Qianfan has launched, 13 seem to have exhibited irregular behavior, namely they didn’t rise up to their target orbit height along with their peers. Qianfan’s second batch, which it launched in October 2024, contained only five satellites that reached their planned height out of 18, according to McDowell.
Airbus to Introduce "Qianfan Constellation" to Provide High-Speed, Low-Latency Broadband Satellite ServicesIT Home, December 4th - Today, at the 2025 Satellite Internet Industry Ecosystem Conference, Yuanxin Satellite and Airbus signed a market cooperation agreement for the "Qianfan Constellation."According to reports, Airbus will introduce the "Qianfan Constellation" to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband satellite services from Yuanxin Satellite through its onboard high-speed interconnect system. This will help Airbus improve the in-flight experience for passengers and promote the continuous optimization of its fleet operational efficiency.Simultaneously, both parties will focus on the urgent needs of airlines, leveraging low-Earth orbit broadband communication to promote intelligent and personalized services, injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of civil aviation.As reported earlier today by IT Home, Yuanxin Satellite CTO Li Guotong revealed that the on-orbit business test results of the "Qianfan Constellation" communication met expectations, and comprehensive overseas application scenario testing has been carried out, with good actual business experience.As the main entity responsible for the construction and operation of the Qianfan constellation, Yuanxin Satellite will provide global users with low-latency, high-speed, and highly reliable satellite (broadband) internet services. This service boasts excellent communication system compatibility, can smoothly evolve to support the 6G standard, and ultimately achieve seamless coverage of terrestrial, satellite, airborne, and marine communication networks.
