# 🚀 China Launches Satellites For Major Network To Rival Starlink

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/china-launches-satellites-for-major-network-to-rival-starlink/288546>\
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**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/china-launches-satellites-for-major-network-to-rival-starlink/288546 "2024-08-08T05:58:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/china-launches-satellites-for-major-network-to-rival-starlink/288546/1 "2024-08-08T05:58:17Z")

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**Summary:**

**1. First Launch Details:**

- A Chinese state-backed company launched 18 satellites via a rocket from the Taiyuan satellite and missile launch center in Shanxi province.

**2. Thousand Sails Constellation Project:**

- The goal is to create a 15,000-strong network of Low Earth Orbit satellites by 2030, dubbed the “Thousand Sails Constellation.”

**3. China’s Ambitious Satellite Plans:**

- This project is one of three planned major satellite networks in China, each expected to have 10,000 or more satellites, aiming to rival Starlink’s 42,000 satellite network goal.

**Read more at:** [ScienceAlert](https://www.sciencealert.com)