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I believe this is significant enough to warrant its own separate discussion, rather than going in the general space thread.

Will be interesting to follow its development...

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China aims to launch 13,000 satellites to 'suppress' Starlink

Published : 24 Feb 2023 at 21:59

Researchers say China plans to build a huge satellite network in near-Earth orbit to provide internet services to users around the world — and to stifle Elon Musk's Starlink.

The project has the code name "GW", according to a team led by associate professor Xu Can with the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Space Engineering University in Beijing. But what these letters stand for is unclear.

The GW constellation will include 12,992 satellites owned by the newly established China Satellite Network Group Co, Xu and his colleagues said in a paper about anti-Starlink measures published in the Chinese journal Command Control and Simulation.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/25144 ... s-starlink

Hey Good day to you.
I wish the American government would take the initiative of doing something like this. As someone who deals in internet providers, the government can easily accomplish what all these other companies are trying. Just my two cents though.