China’s SatNet operator joins Starlink, Kuiper (maybe), Eutelsat OneWeb and Telesat to support binding space-traffic regulation

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — The state-owned China Satellite Network Group, which after a flurry of launches this summer now has around 100 satellites in orbit as part of a planned 12,000-plus-satellite internet network, said it would back binding international regulations forcing satellite fleet operators to publish data on their satellites’ locations and maneuvers to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit.

SatNet, also known as CSCN, is deploying its Guowang constellation at 1,000 km in altitude and is considering a secondary architecture at 500 . . .

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