SpaceX's Starlink uses a dense network of low-orbit satellites to compensate for lower altitude and limited per-satellite capacity. The success of the Chinese satellite at a much higher orbit suggests ...

The satellite operates 22,807 miles above Earth, while Starlink satellites are at around 341 miles This kind of speed could ...

Operating from an altitude of 36,000 kilometers—more than 60 times higher than SpaceX’s Starlink network—this Chinese satellite has demonstrated a level of data transmission far superior to ...

Chinese scientists have achieved a major satellite communication breakthrough. They used a 2-watt laser to send data at 1 Gbps from 36,000 kilometres, far exceeding Starlink's speeds.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has bought Starlink services — but also fell into the crosshairs of Musk. In the ...

A satellite tracker image is seen displayed on a smartphone with a Starlink logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In 2018, Elon Musk’s SpaceX kick ...

Satellite internet used to be a woeful thing. ... there’s always a hidden reason in Chinese move. Fighting starlink is just mathematically weak. The area of a the 500km sphere is 594×10⁶ km².

China has taken a major step forward in its bid to create a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink this week by launching the first of what it hopes will be a constellation of 14,000 satellites beaming ...

Musk said Russia’s anti-satellite demonstration in November was Moscow’s attempt to send a message ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. But he qualified that destroying Starlink, a network of ...

China has taken a major step forward in its bid to create a rival to SpaceX’s Starlink this week by launching the first of what it hopes will be a constellation of 14,000 satellites beaming ...