Taiwan telco Chungwa Telecom’s European division (which is 35 per cent owned by Taiwan’s government) has filed a six satellite request to build and launch a fleet of low Earth orbiting craft. The coordination filing has been made to the ITU via Germany (Taiwan is not a member of the ITU).

However, while the six satellite fleet is hardly a ‘mega-constellation’ experts suggest that there will probably be a need for around 100 satellites to make a meaningful fleet. A 100-satellite fleet would ensure that there would be round two satellites always over Taiwan.

The six satellites, which are called B5G-1, will orbit at 600 kms.

Taiwan has not authorised Starlink to operate within the country. However, it uses Eutelsat’s OneWeb for satellite connectivity.

Other posts by :

1. Forecast: SpaceX tracking to $20bn revenue in 2026
2. EchoStar’s Dish restructures debt obligations
3. AsiaSat hits Zee and JioStar with legal actions
4. Nvidia unveils orbital chip/computer for AI and data
5. Space Sector: ‘Profound Acceleration in 2026’
6. Starcloud wants 88,000 satellites
7. Lynk Global requests “experimental” satellite access
8. Safran Space links laser direct to satellite
9. SpaceX fearful of AST SpaceMobile’s potential?

Categories: Articles, Broadband, Satellite

Tags: Mega-constellations, satellite, Taiwan