With ‘Thousand Sails,’ China joins the race to fill up Low Earth Orbit with mega-satellite constellations.
It’s getting crowded up there in Low Earth orbit (LEO). By now, flocks of Starlinks have become a familiar sight, and the bane of astrophotographers as the ‘vermin of the skies.’ Now, several new competitors have joined the fray, with more waiting in the wings.
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