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New generation of mobile communications 6G: China tests 6G via satellite in orbit

From Henrik Bork* | Translated by AI 4 min Reading Time

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Decoupled from the 6G standardization efforts of Western countries, China aims high with the next generation of mobile communications, in multiple senses: The country has just launched a 6G test satellite into space.

At an altitude of about 500 km, China's 6G test satellite "Xing He Verification Satellite" hovers. The next generation of mobile communications is expected to combine terrestrial mobile communications and satellite communications.(Image: freely licensed / Pixabay)
At an altitude of about 500 km, China's 6G test satellite "Xing He Verification Satellite" hovers. The next generation of mobile communications is expected to combine terrestrial mobile communications and satellite communications.
(Image: freely licensed / Pixabay)

Henrik Bork, long-standing China correspondent for Süddeutsche Zeitung and Frankfurter Rundschau, is Managing Director at Asia Waypoint, a consulting agency specializing in China, based in Beijing.

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