HELSINKI — China launched new Guowang satellites Sunday, expanding its LEO broadband network as part of a growing effort to build a sovereign space internet.
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Andrew Jones covers China’s space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky…
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