33 h. ago China’s Proposed Megaconstellations Would Flood Orbit With 200,000 Satellites

China’s Proposed Megaconstellations Would Flood Orbit With 200,000 Satellites  Gizmodo

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3 d. ago China’s first launches of 2026 send Yaogan spacecraft into unusual orbit, loft Guowang satellites

China’s first launches of 2026 send Yaogan spacecraft into unusual orbit, loft Guowang satellites  SpaceNews

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3 d. ago Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could accidentally zap satellites

As China pushes to take the global lead in building space-based solar power stations, a new study warns that powerful lasers beaming energy back to Earth could pose serious risks to other satellites in the increasingly crowded low-Earth orbit. If these beams miss their targets – because of tracking errors or system malfunctions – they could strike nearby spacecraft, overheat solar panels or trigger electrical discharges, according to a team from the Beijing Institute of Satellite Environment...

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4 d. ago J.P. Morgan Notebook: China Rises While US Biomedical Research Under Pressure

J.P. Morgan Notebook: China Rises While US Biomedical Research Under Pressure  Citeline News & Insights

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5 d. ago Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary at last minute

Authorities in Mogadishu had cleared the roads for a historic visit, yet on Friday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi travelled to Tanzania instead of his planned visit to Somalia. It would have been the first high-level Chinese mission to Mogadishu in four decades. The last-minute decision not to include the capital on Wang’s itinerary came as Somalia seeks shows of diplomatic support after Israel recognised the breakaway region of Somaliland last month. A source at the presidential palace told...

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5 d. ago China’s Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary

China’s Wang Yi cites ‘severe risks’ after Somalia dropped from Africa itinerary  South China Morning Post

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8 d. ago China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nuclear weapons ‘overnight’

China released an official report on Thursday stating that Japan “may already have produced weapons-grade plutonium in secret” and “has the technological and economic capabilities to achieve nuclear armament in a short period of time”. The report assessing Japan’s nuclear threat cited former US president Joe Biden’s direct message to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Japan had the capacity to have nuclear weapons “virtually overnight”. Biden first disclosed the information in an interview with...

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8 d. ago China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nukes ‘overnight’

China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nukes ‘overnight’  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago SpaceX will move more than 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk

SpaceX has announced it will reconfigure its Starlink internet satellite constellation by lowering the orbit of more than 4,400 satellites throughout 2026, shortly after Beijing said the project posed “safety and security challenges”. The move aims to relocate the satellites to orbital regions less crowded by space debris and other planned satellite constellations, reducing the risk of collisions and allowing satellites to deorbit faster. It comes after an unnamed representative from Beijing...

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2 w. ago SpaceX will move 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk

SpaceX will move 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

Beneath the “China threat” thesis, often heard in Western policy circles, is the assumption that China will become expansionist as it grows more powerful. But history gives us little reason to treat that as inevitable. At moments of peak strength, China has not consistently converted power into the kind of overseas colonialism, expansionism or conquest that marked the ascent of Western great powers. There are three often-cited reasons to suggest China’s rise might lead to expansionism. First,...

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2 w. ago China warns satellites from Elon Musk’s Starlink are ‘safety and security’ risk

China has warned that the rapid expansion of internet satellite constellations such as SpaceX’s Starlink presented “pronounced safety and security challenges”. Beijing’s representative cited several incidents – including near collisions between Starlink satellites and the Chinese space station in 2021, and a satellite that disintegrated in December – while speaking at an informal United Nations Security Council event initiated by Russia on Monday. They also pointed to the disregard of countries’...

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2 w. ago China launches two experimental target detection satellites to orbit

China launches two experimental target detection satellites to orbit  Interesting Engineering

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2 w. ago China puts two technology demonstration satellites into orbit

China puts two technology demonstration satellites into orbit  chinadailyasia.com

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3 w. ago NASA’s new administrator cites China’s space oven as an ‘upgrade,’ points to need to reassess agency’s past rigidity

NASA’s new administrator cites China’s space oven as an ‘upgrade,’ points to need to reassess agency’s past rigidity  Global Times

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3 w. ago Japanese H3 rocket fails to launch geolocation satellite into orbit after engine cuts out

A Japanese H3 rocket carrying the sixth satellite in a seven-orbiter geolocation system failed to deliver its payload into orbit after lift-off on Monday, the country’s science ministry said. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is assessing the situation and investigating the cause of the second-stage engine’s premature cut-off that occurred shortly after lift-off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture. Placed on multiple orbital planes, the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System...

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