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Another (very) heavy blow for astronomers and astrophysicists. After SpaceX’s mega constellation of Starlink satellites, as well as OneWeb, the Chinese company LandSpace announces that it wants to launch its own. And it won’t be the least as the company hopes to put 10,000 telecommunications satellites into low orbit.
More than 30,000 Chinese satellites (excitement, excitement, excitement…)
Famous for achieving the feat of putting a satellite into orbit for the first time using a liquid methane-powered launcher, LandSpace now intends to invest more systematically in Earth’s neighborhood.
The Asian company has informed the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency specializing in the field, of its desire to launch the Honghu-3 project, which aims to put 10,000 satellites into orbit spread between 160 orbital aircraft.
With so many satellites, LandSpace’s message is clear: create direct competition to the sector leader, SpaceX, and its mega constellation Starlink, which already has more than 5,000 satellites with a goal of 12,000 by 2025.
If SpaceX nt be the only private North American company that wants to line up the orbit of its telecommunications satellites, the same for China.
The Guowang and G60 programs are designed to send 13,000 and 12,000 satellites, respectively.
With all these beautiful people above our heads, it will be more and more difficult to explore the mysteries of space, not forgetting the danger of space junk in orbit.
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