Guowang, the Constellation You’ve Never Heard Of

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. In this episode, we discuss “China’s answer to Starlink“, a superconstellation known as Guowang and scheduled to begin deployment in the coming 12-24 months. As China’s plans for such a broadband satcom constellation have changed many times over the years, let’s tell the full story, starting from 2015. If you like what you see and would like to support me, please consider joining our small Patreon community at ! We also have some very cool space merch available at . 00:00 The context of Starlink 01:28 Early projects: Hongyan and Hongyun 03:30 Merging into one superconstellation: Guowang 04:54 Sourcing the space hardware 07:01 Launch plans FTC Disclaimer: This video was sponsored by Brilliant.