China is going to launch at 156 satellites for Internet

The Chinese Association of space science and industry plans to provide the entire population of the Earth broadband access to the Internet. You will need to launch to orbit our planet 156 small satellites that will cover the entire planet in a network and can cope with this ambitious task.

To implement the project plan using a generic satellite platform which will create the devices, hi-news.ru reports.

“It will be a generic satellite platform which can be compared with the chassis of the car. With this suspension, it is possible to create a military vehicle and a passenger car or a taxi,” explained the correspondent of the Agency of Bay Chao, Executive representative of the Chinese Association of space science and industry.

Dimensions of satellites are quite small, so China can quickly establish its serial production, which will in the event that quickly replace failed devices. The plan will be implemented in three stages: the first is scheduled for 2018 and involves the launch one test satellite, which will conduct a test of technology. In the second phase will be launched from four satellites, which will combine in a small network, and then test them working together. By 2020, plan to launch all satellites 156, after which they will start will include a low-orbit satellite system.