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Space Race 2.0: China Plans Up to 200,000 Satellites

21 January 2026 · 22 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 114 blog views

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Space race 2.0 is here

Low Earth Orbit is already packed because of thousands of satellites, more launches every month, growing collision risks and more space junk ... and now China is talking about deploying up to 200,000 satellites (currently Starlink has ~9,4k satellites).

Right now, it’s still plans and no clear timelines. But China has insane manufacturing capacity. They scale hardware faster than almost anyone. So I wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing real deployments much sooner than people expect.

The scary part is the long-term impact. More satellites means: → higher collision risk → more debris → harder navigation for future missions → more regulation coming

Space used to feel infinite.

Now it’s starting to look like . . . . 👇👇👇

Source: pcmag.com/news/as-spacex…

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Earth surrounded by thousands of small white dots representing dense satellite debris and objects clustered in low Earth orbit.

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