China's private start-ups and state space contractor race to build reusable rockets to deploy massive satellite constellations amid a launch shortage
Starlink has since 2020 launched more satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO) - an altitude of less than 2,000 km - than all its competitors combined
Earlier on October 20, Taiwan's military had also reported the transit of the United States and Canadian naval vessels, which sailed through the Taiwan Strait from south to north
China will launch a satellite in 2028 to test wireless power transmission technology from space to the ground
China successfully launched two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan Province
Both the satellite and the rocket were developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The exact reason for the failure is under investigation