New video loaded: In the latest space race it is China vs. SpaceX
Author: Selam Gebrekidan, Nikolay Nikolov, Jon Hazell, Laura Salaberry and Malika Khurana• •July 24, 2025
China has made a national priority to catch up with nearly 8,000 satellites provided on the Internet SpaceX in orbit, which it considers a military threat. Despite success in other parts of its space program, China has only 124 satellites provided on the Internet in the low -country orbit. Selam Gebrekidian, The New York Times investigative reporter, explains why China lags behind this new space race.
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