China’s Qianfan Constellation Reaches 200 Satellites in Orbit Written 5 June 2026
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A Long March 5 lifts off from Wenchang, April 2021. | Credit: CNS; Wikipedia; CC BY 4.0
Space News reports, “Construction of the Shanghai-led Qianfan constellation continued to accelerate this week with a pair of Long March launches, following on from two recent experimental flights. China launched Long March 6A and Long March 8 rockets Thursday and Friday respectively, adding 36 satellites to the project led by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST), or Spacesail.”
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