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Qianfan (Chinese: 千帆星座; pinyin: Qiānfān xīngzuò; lit. 'Thousand Sails Constellation'), [1] officially known as the Spacesail Constellation [2] and also referred to as G60 Starlink, [3] is a planned Chinese low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage.
The launch is part of SSST's "Thousand Sails Constellation" plan, also known as the "G60 Starlink Plan", which began last year and aims to deploy more than 15,000 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
The state-backed plan is one of China's answers to Starlink, SpaceX's growing commercial broadband constellation that has about 5,500 LEO satellites in space to provide near-global internet to ...
First launch of the Qianfan (Thousand Sails) broadband megaconstellation, formerly known as G60 Starlink constellation. Chinese state media reported that the launch was a complete success, however, like previous Long March 6A flights, mission ended with hundreds of pieces of trackable debris. [51]
A satellite internet constellation is a constellation of artificial satellites providing satellite internet service.In particular, the term has come to refer to a new generation of very large constellations (sometimes referred to as megaconstellations [1]) orbiting in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide low-latency, high bandwidth internet service. [2]
A celestial map by the Dutch cartographer Frederik de Wit, 1670. A star chart is a celestial map of the night sky with astronomical objects laid out on a grid system. They are used to identify and locate constellations, stars, nebulae, galaxies, and planets. [1] They have been used for human navigation since time immemorial. [2]
A radar map of the distances ( ) and positions ( ) of all known stellar bodies or systems within 9 light years (ly) (for within 12 ly see this map). Their distances are entered outward from the Sun (Sol) between concentric circles, each representing one ly, and arranged clockwise in hours of right ascension .
A rare cosmic eruption is expected to occur in the Milky Way in the coming months — an outburst so bright that a “new” star will seemingly appear for a short time in the night sky.