China launches its first communication satellite under the Hongyun project

• China on December 22 launched its first communication satellite under the Hongyun Project that aims to provide broadband internet services worldwide to compete with Google and other international firms.
• The satellite was launched from a Long March 11 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC).
• CASIC currently intends to place more than 150 Hongyun satellites on orbits about 1,000 kms above the ground around 2023.

Points to remember:

1. Name of the project
2. Hongyun Project purpose? – for space based broadband
3. Hongyun Project which country?
4. There is a similar project named Starlink project from the US by SpaceX