#qianfan — Public Fediverse posts

Landspace launches improved Zhuque-2E, Long March 6A lofts new Qianfan satellite group
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=landspace-launches-improved-zhuque-2e-long-march-6a-lofts-new-qianfan-satellite-group
<p>China has added a new batch of satellites to the Qianfan megaconstellation
#landspace #launches #improved #qianfan

Landspace launches improved Zhuque-2E, Long March 6A lofts new Qianfan satellite group
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=landspace-launches-improved-zhuque-2e-long-march-6a-lofts-new-qianfan-satellite-group
<p>China has added a new batch of satellites to the Qianfan megaconstellation
#landspace #launches #improved #qianfan

Landspace launches improved Zhuque-2E, Long March 6A lofts new Qianfan satellite group

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/landspace-launches-improved-zhuque-2e-long-march-6a-lofts-new-qianfan-satellite-group/

#Xinhua:
"
China launched a Long March-8 carrier rocket on April 7 in the southern island province of Hainan, sending 18 internet satellites into space.

The rocket blasted off at 9:32 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. It successfully placed the payloads, the 7th batch of networking satellites for the Qianfan Constellation, into preset orbit.
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8.4.2026

#China #CZ8 #LM8 #LongMarch8 #Qianfan #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight

Large Series C signals scale-up of China’s laser satellite communications sector

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/large-series-c-signals-scale-up-of-chinas-laser-satellite-communications-sector/

Landspace secures launch contracts for China’s megaconstellation projects

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/landspace-secures-launch-contracts-for-chinas-megaconstellation-projects/

China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?

A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s Tiangong space station since it b…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AlvinDrew #Beijing #CA #Canada #China #Chineseastronauts #ColdWar #Earth #GeorgiaTech #Guowang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun-1 #NASA #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou-20 #SpaceX&#x27;sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #washington #WestFord
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/300759/

China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?

A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AlvinDrew #Beijing #China #Chineseastronauts #ColdWar #Earth #georgiatech #Guowang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun-1 #NASA #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou-20 #SpaceX&#x27;sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #Washington #WestFord
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/307390/

China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?

A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AlvinDrew #Beijing #China #Chineseastronauts #ColdWar #Earth #georgiatech #Guowang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun-1 #NASA #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou-20 #SpaceX&#x27;sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #Washington #WestFord
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/307390/

🇨🇳 #GuoWang, which aims to have 400 #satellites 🛰️ in orbit by 2027, has so far launched 72, while #Qianfan’s planned deployment of 648 by the end of this year remains stalled at 90 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322530/did-zhuque-2e-launch-failure-deal-blow-chinas-guo-wang-satellite-project

https://www.europesays.com/uk/358749/ From mining to tourism, space ambitions of China’s Guangdong rival those of Elon Musk #Beijing #China #ChineseAcademyOfSciences #CommercialSpaceSector #DevelopmentPlan #ElonMusk #GovernmentSupport #Guangdong #GuoWang #Hainan #Landspace #LowOrbit #Qianfan #SatelliteConstellation #Science #Shanghai #Space #starlink #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wenchang

Satellite Constellations Are Too Bright for Astronomy

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/satellite-constellations-are-too-bright-for-astronomy/ via Sky and Telescope

#iau #satellites #constellation #lightpollution #astronomy #Starlink #BlueBird #Qianfan #Guowang #OneWeb #Kuiper

Das chinesische #Qianfan-Projekt wollte bis 2025 über 600 Satelliten im All haben, schaffte bisher aber nur 90. Der Plan einer globalen Konnektivität "Made in China" droht auf halber Strecke stecken zu bleiben. https://winfuture.de/news,152533.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

"Brightness statistics for #satellites of the #Starlink, #BlueBird, #Qianfan, #Guowang and #OneWeb constellations are reported. Nearly all these #spacecraft exceed the magnitude 7+ brightness limit pertaining to interference with professional #research. Most also exceed the magnitude 6 reference where they distract from aesthetic appreciation of the night sky."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00107

https://www.europesays.com/uk/127719/ Chinese launch cadence accelerates, Tianwen-2 prepares for launch #ADASpace #Ceres1S #ChangZheng3B/E #GuoWang #Honghu #Jiuquan #Kinetica1 #Lijian2 #Qianfan #Science #Space #Tianwen2 #UK #UnitedKingdom #Xichang #ZhuQue2E #Zhuque3

Evidence that some of the Chinese #Qianfan satellites are tumbling and presumably no longer under control. "All six of the tumbling #spacecraft are from Launch 2. As noted in Section 2, those satellites were made by a different manufacturer than the spacecraft in Qianfan launches 1, 3 and 4. @planet4589 indicates that all the tumbling spacecraft have failed."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07194

#Space #Satellites #SpaceEnvironment

Some of the satellites in the Chinese #Qianfan constellation are evidently tumbling in orbit. "All six of the tumbling #spacecraft are from Launch 2. As noted in Section 2, those satellites were made by a different manufacturer than the spacecraft in Qianfan launches 1, 3 and 4. @planet4589 indicates that all the tumbling spacecraft have failed."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07194

#Space #Satellites #SpaceEnvironment

There are reports that the brightness of some of the Chinese #Qianfan satellites is varying on short timescales. (e.g., https://www.satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2025/0049.html)

This behavior suggests that these satellites (and possibly others) from the second Qianfan launch are currently tumbling in orbit.

#Space #Satellites #China #SpaceEnvironment #LEO

"It looks like there's no stopping the march of modern internet satellites, and many more look to be blighting our skies/potentially improving worldwide internet access in the near future."

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-space-junk-china-based-starlink-competitor-spacesail-plans-to-have-15-000-satellites-deployed-by-2030-and-its-not-the-only-one-with-its-eyes-on-the-skies/

#Space #China #SpaceX #Starlink #SpaceSail #Qianfan #SpaceEnvironment #Satellites #Internet

MEASAT Partners With SPACESAIL For Low Earth Orbit Broadband #broadband #isp #lowearthorbit #measat #qianfan #shanghai #spacesail

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/342189/measat-spacesail-low-earth-orbit/

#Qianfan #Starlink #Geely #Kuiper #OneWeb #Eutelsat https://www.statista.com/chart/33246/satellite-constellation-projects

#SatelliteConstellation

#Starlink planlegger å ha 42 000 satellitter i operasjon om få år, kinesiske #Qianfan skal ha 38 000 satellitter og #Iris2 er EUs plan for å skyte opp 290 satellitter innen 2030 🚀🛰️

Kampen om verdensrommet og tilgang til satelittbasert internett tilspisser seg og det er temaet i årets siste «Ukens notater». God Jul! https://matsbs.com/ukens-notater-16/

"China absolviert zwei erfolgreiche Orbitalstarts innerhalb von zwölf Stunden, darunter 18 Kommunikationssatelliten und einen Fernerkundungssatelliten, und zeigt damit seine wachsende Kompetenz in der Raumfahrttechnologie. "

http://german.china.org.cn/txt/2024-10/17/content_117491005.htm

17.10.2024

#CASC #China #CZ4C #CZ6 #G60 #JSLC #LM4C #LM6 #Qianfan #Raumfahrt #SAST #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Spacesail #TSLC

Brightness of the #Qianfan Satellites: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20432 -> "Observed magnitudes of Qianfan spacecraft range from 4 when they are near zenith to 8 when low in the sky. Nearly all of the observations can be modeled with a nadir-facing flat antenna panel and the underside of a zenith-facing solar array, both with Lambertian reflectance properties. These satellites will impact astronomical research unless their brightness is reduced."

Chinese rocket Long March 6A breaks apart after megaconstellation launch, creating cloud of space junk.

The rocket successfully delivered the the first 18 satellites for the #Qianfan ("Thousand Sails") broadband network to low Earth orbit (LEO), at an altitude of about 800 kilometers.

The megaconstellation will eventually host up to 14,000 spacecraft.

https://www.space.com/china-megaconstellation-launch-space-junk

#space #debris

Hankkiako nettiliittymä syrjässä olevalle mökille salaliittoteorioita levittävältä miljardööriltä vai Kiinan kommunistiselta puolueelta...?

Kiina lähetti juuri taivaalle ensimmäiset satelliitit, joista rakentuu ajan kanssa Elon Muskin Starlinkin kanssa kisaava Qianfan -satelliittinetti.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2024/08/08/kiina-starlink-qianfan

#starlink #qianfan #kiina #satelliitti #nettiyhteys #uutiset #avaruus #teknologia #tekniikka

🚨 Actualizada la lista de megaconstelaciones, tras el lanzamiento del martes de un #LongMarch6 con 18 #Qianfan
🛰️ Hasta ahora se han enviado al espacio un total de 18 #Qianfan, de los cuales 18 están en órbita y 18 están operativos.
ℹ️ Listado en 👇
https://www.infosondas.com/constelaciones-de-satelites/