megacostellations
Shanghai signs agreement with China’s megaconstellation group, aims to foster commercial space hub
Shanghai local government entered an agreement with the state company responsible for China’s planned broadband megaconstellation Wednesday, while also aiming to foster a space hub to support reusable rockets and satellite mass production.
European Union advances broadband constellation despite negative assessments
The European Union is moving ahead with its proposed broadband constellation despite two negative internal assessments.
China’s megaconstellation project establishes satellite cluster in Chongqing
A group leading China’s national low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation has founded two new firms to help develop the project, but overall plans remain vague.
Op-ed | Is there enough room in space for tens of billions of satellites, as Elon Musk suggests? We don’t think so.
Elon Musk's stance is overly optimistic. Space is big, but LEO is not big enough to safely accommodate tens of billions of satellites.
