上海垣信卫星科技有限公司
Spacesail, also known as Qianfan or Thousand Sails Constellation, is a Chinese company specializing in deploying a low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellation of satellites. Their primary goal is to deliver high-speed, real-time, secure, and reliable connectivity solutions and global broadband services, particularly targeting underserved regions. Spacesail has established partnerships with companies like Telebras in Brazil and MEASAT in Malaysia to expand its reach and is backed by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST). The company aims to launch approximately 15,000 satellites by 2030 and is considered a competitor to SpaceX's Starlink.
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The Qianfan mega-constellation is operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd, which is partly backed by the municipal government of Shanghai.
The Qianfan mega-constellation is operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd and is partly backed by the municipal government of Shanghai.
The China Maritime Safety Administration is collaborating with the China Transport Telecommunications and Information Center and Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd to establish the VDES constellation.
The Qianfan connectivity initiative will enhance the in-flight experience for passengers by providing high-speed, low-latency broadband satellite services from Shanghai Spacesail Technologies.
Dr Jason Jie Zheng is the President of Shanghai Spacesail Technologies.
Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus on December 4th.
Shanghai Spacesail Technologies signed a cooperation agreement with Türksat on October 31st.
Airbus signed a cooperation agreement with Yuanxin Satellite to integrate the G60/Spacesail LEO constellation into its aircraft.
Spacesail implied that they did not expect additional launches in 2025.
China Satcom and SpaceSail signed an agreement with Turkish satellite operator Turksat for GEO and LEO services.
Shanghai Spacesail Technologies aims to deploy more Qianfan satellites to enhance services.
China launched 18 additional communications satellites in October 2023 as part of the Spacesail Constellation project.
The full first phase of the Spacesail network will consist of 648 satellites by the end of 2025.
The Spacesail Constellation will comprise more than 10,000 low-Earth-orbit satellites by 2030.
The initial operational network of the Spacesail Constellation is expected to consist of 648 satellites, to be completed by the end of 2025.
A total of 108 satellites have been launched across six rockets for the Spacesail Constellation project.
Shanghai Yuanxin, owner of Qianfan/Spacesail, is discussing a ¥5-6 billion fundraising round at a ¥40 billion ($5.6 billion) valuation.
Long March 6A Y24 launched G60/Spacesail Group-18 at 07:08 UTC on October 17 from Taiyuan.
The Qianfan mega-constellation is operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies Co Ltd, which is supported by the Shanghai municipal government.
SpaceSail's funding round raised ¥6.7B (US$950M) in 2024, accounting for more than 80% of the total funding by the end of April.