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QIANFAN-4
Chinese Commercial LEO Broadband Constellation (Qianfan / Thousand Sails) · Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST)
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Qianfan-4 ('Thousand Sails'), also known as SpaceSail or G60 Starlink, one of China's most ambitious answers yet to SpaceX's broadband dominance — a Shanghai-backed constellation explicitly modeled on Starlink's mass-production playbook. This satellite is one of over 500 satellites launched toward an eventual goal of nearly 14,000 by 2030 — a number that, if achieved on schedule, would require averaging more than seven satellite launches every single day for the rest of the decade.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 660–674 mi (1,061–1,084 km)
- Inclination
- 89.0°
- One orbit
- 106.5 minutes13.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60382
- Int’l designator
- 2024-140D
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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