China launches 4 times in 4 days, boosting megaconstellation and surveillance assets

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/china-launches-4-times-in-4-days-boosting-megaconstellation-and-surveillance-assets/

China resumes launches for Thousand Sails constellation, CAS Space launches new international payload

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/china-resumes-launches-for-thousand-sails-constellation-cas-space-launches-new-international-payload/

China boosts broadband, IoT and weather satellite fleets with flurry of launches

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/china-boosts-broadband-iot-and-weather-satellite-fleets-with-flurry-of-launches/

#China’s #LongMarch6A is making a mess in #lowEarthorbit
The #upperstage from a Chinese rocket has broken apart in #space, creating a debris field of at least 700 objects in one of the most heavily-trafficked zones in #LEO. At this altitude, it will take decades or centuries for the wispy effect of aerodynamic drag to pull the debris back into the atmosphere. As the objects drift lower, their orbits will cross paths with SpaceX's #Starlink, #ISS and other crew #spacecraft
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/us-military-tracks-more-than-300-pieces-of-debris-from-chinese-launch/