Chinese ‘Thousand Sails’ satellite launch ends in rocket malfunction, space debris

China recently launched the first 18 satellites for its “Thousand Sails” internet megaconstellation with a Long March 6A rocket. These satellites are part of China’s broader plan to deploy up to 14,000 satellites to provide global broadband coverage, similar to initiatives like SpaceX’s Starlink.

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[Goyahkla]

I found the problem sir, it says here, "made in China"

[maestrovso]

Thousand sails ended in thousand debris. How fitting,

[texaspapa]

Need to rename rocket to 1001 failures

[chrislj]

Look on the bright side; if aliens ever try to invade they won't be able to get through our impenetrable shield of space garbage.

[alancummings]

Damn ! We trash our Oceans, and now we're trashing Space . Unreal

[johncapone]

Done on purpose to take out everyone else's satellite's!

[Skylersteel]

China wants their space lookin like their streets

[rayray]

Hopefully space whales don’t start ingesting this stuff.

[ColtStone]

Thousand Sails?
More like Thousand FAILS!!!

[tonynickels]

They did it to make it difficult for everybody

[joejones]

Our human legacy. Polluters of planets and space.

[losthewar]

China needs to think of their own ideas and stop being a waist of space

[dougaltolan]

If the constellation is in a similar orbit to Starlink, the debris from the upper stage will de-orbit soon.
Funny how that bit is left out.

[jeffmoore]

What a mess!!! So the Giant Ring of garbage could actually be

[pauldavis]

Am I the only one who sees something like this and think about the space scene from WALL·E?

[Raptorman]

We are hurling headlong towards the Kessler Syndrome and no one appears willing to do anything to stop it. These enormous constellations of satellites pose a great threat because it can produce cascade failures that render space too dangerous for humans and too risky for spacecraft without people onboard. If we continue as we have I fear the Kessler Syndrome is less than a decade away!

[BetterAircraftFabric]

Well, who is surprised now??? - I am not.

[copaloadofthis]

China needs to stop trying to outdo the West, and stick to more realistic goals…

[wpmz]

When everybody's cell phone start acting up you'll wonder why

[endlessendless]

Space debris issue needs a solution by international cooperation.