China Successfully launches high-orbit satellite 03 of satellite internet

TapTechNews October 10th news, at 9:50 PM today, in Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China used the Long March 3B carrier rocket to successfully launch the high-orbit satellite 03 of the satellite internet. The satellite smoothly entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.

TapTechNews found that the satellite was developed by the Institute of Telecommunication and Navigation Satellites, the Fifth Research Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. This mission is the 538th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

In recent years, with the successive successful launches of high-throughput communication satellites such as Zhongxing 16, Zhongxing 19, and Zhongxing 26, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's China Satcom has initially built the first high-orbit satellite internet that completely covers the entire territory of China and key areas along the Belt and Road initiative. The official also said that it will promote the construction of satellites with larger single-satellite capacity in the future. It is expected that by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the total capacity of high-throughput communication satellites will exceed 500 Gbps. (1 mile = 1.60934 kilometers)