China launches another set of satellites for one of its giant internet constellations
China earlier today successfully launched the sixth set of satellites for the Thousand Sails internet constellation, its Long March 6A rocket lifting off from its Taiyuan spaceport in northern China.
Very little information appears available about this specific payload. No word also was released about where the rocket’s lower stages and four strap-on boosters crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
69 SpaceX
33 China
7 Rocket Lab
6 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 69 to 53.
China earlier today successfully launched the sixth set of satellites for the Thousand Sails internet constellation, its Long March 6A rocket lifting off from its Taiyuan spaceport in northern China.
Very little information appears available about this specific payload. No word also was released about where the rocket’s lower stages and four strap-on boosters crashed inside China.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
69 SpaceX
33 China
7 Rocket Lab
6 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 69 to 53.