China launches first 6G satellite. Meanwhile, the West is blocked with the lockdown
China took a leap forward from the United States in satellite telecommunications technology with the launch of the world's first 6G telecommunications satellite in the world.
The experimental satellite containing advanced telecommunication technology was launched Friday in low earth orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi province of China's Shanxi province, the Asia Times reported.
The " #UESTC " satellite (Star Era-12), the first # 6G test satellite in the world and first one named after the university since its establishment, was successfully lifted off at Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center and entered the scheduled orbit on the morning of Nov. 6. pic.twitter.com/ouM2rpC7pS
– UESTC- 电子 科技 大学 (@ UESTC1956) November 6, 2020
The payload of a Long March-6 carrier rocket consisted of the 6G satellite and 13 other satellites. A video of the launch was posted on Twiter via the China University of Electronic Science and Technology. We note the high number of satellites launched, so much so that there is talk of a rapid exhaustion of orbital spaces by the Chinese.
The satellite, jointly developed by Chengdu Guoxing Aerospace Technology and Beijing MinoSpace Technology, will be used in a pilot test program to test 6G technology in space.
According to Yicai Media Group, 6G is more than 100 times faster than 5G – it enables seamless transmission, longer distances, faster speeds and less power output from space to terrestrial communication devices. It is a type of technology that also requires a new generation of transistors, which will probably be based on gallium nitrite, which will allow greater freedom in the circulation of electrons.
6G technology is still in its infancy, but Friday's launch appears to show that China has outperformed the United States in space tests. Many obstacles are still expected with the technology, as testing will begin in the short term. Samsung, LG and Nokia are developing and where Japan, South Korea and China are leading the way.
In the USA some components are being developed that should, in the future, be fundamental in the technology in question, but even this state now seems rather cut off. The European Union is completely out of the game, it just does not participate in the race: the Soviet vision of the economy has proved to be very efficient nor innovative. We are too involved in bureaucracy and, frankly, in rigid stupidity, to be able to bet on technology.
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