#China aims to launch nearly 13,000 #satellites to ‘suppress’ Elon #Musk’s #Starlink, researchers say
The Chinese satellites could also be placed in “orbits where the Starlink constellation has not yet reached”, the researchers said, adding that they would “gain opportunities and advantages at other orbital altitudes, and even suppress Starlink”.
The Chinese satellites could be equipped with an anti-Starlink payload to carry out various missions, such as conducting “close-range, long-term #surveillance of Starlink satellites”, they said.
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