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Planned Chinese satellite internet megaconstellation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guowang (Chinese: 国网; pinyin: Guówǎng; lit. 'national network'),[1] officially Satellite Internet Series Satellites (Chinese: 卫星互联网系列卫星; pinyin: Wèixīng hùliánwǎng xìliè wèixīng)[2] is a Chinese low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage. It was created by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a state-owned enterprise backed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST). The project was started in 2022 as a rival to the Starlink satellite constellation installed by SpaceX, and plans to be constituted of over 13,000 satellites by the project's end.
Around 6,000 of the planned satellites are expected to orbit between 500 and 600 km, comparable to Starlink, and around 7,000 in a higher orbit at around 1,145 km.[3] All satellites launched so far have been placed either in the higher orbits of the second group at around 1.145 km, or in an orbit around 900 km.
As of October 2025, the program has launched 18 experimental series (术试验系列; jìshù shìyàn) satellites,[4] 3 high Earth orbit satellites (高轨; gāoguǐ) and 127 low Earth orbit (低轨; dīguǐ) satellites.[5] The megaconstellation is managed by China SatNet and is believed to have both civilian and military applications.[6]
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Satellites launch statistics
Operational LEO satellites launched
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20
30
40
50
60
Q4 '24
Q1 '25
Q2 '25
Q3 '25
Q4 '25
- Launch failure
- Launch success
- Planned
Other related satellites launched
3
6
9
H2 '23
H1 '24
H2 '24
H1 '25
H2 25'
- Launch failure
- Launch success
- Planned
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Operational LEO satellites
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- The payload of the failed launch is not known, one of the 2 leading theories is that it was 4 Hulianwang experimental satellites
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