Can China catch Elon Musk and SpaceX?

Video: Can China catch Elon Musk and SpaceX? 中國能趕上伊隆馬斯克和SpaceX嗎?

https://www.statista.com/chart/33246/satellite-constellation-projects/
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https://aviationweek.com/space/commercial-space/why-us-space-industry-so-obsessed-vertical-integration-0

Space X enjoys a near-monopoly on space launches. The company, founded by Elon Musk, has raced ahead of rivals in Europe and North America by driving down the cost of lifting payloads into orbit.

SpaceX's Starlink system boasts over 6,000 satellites in low-earth orbit, and provides high-quality internet service to the most remote areas of the world. Starlink is also profitable, and is quickly becoming the global industry standard for heavy industry, maritime, aviation, logistics, search and rescue, and even military operations.

China is aggressively attempting to catch up, with huge investments into research and development of reusable rockets, with ambitions to build even larger constellations of low-earth orbit satellites.

Space X 在太空發射方面享有近乎壟斷的地位。 該公司由伊隆馬斯克創立，透過降低將有效載荷送入軌道的成本，領先歐洲和北美的競爭對手。

SpaceX的星鏈系統擁有超過6000顆近地軌道衛星，為世界上最偏遠的地區提供高品質的網路服務。 星鏈還具有盈利能力，並正迅速成為重工業、海事、航空、物流、搜救甚至軍事行動的全球行業標準。

中國正積極追趕，在可重複使用火箭的研發上投入巨資，並雄心勃勃地建造更大的近地軌道衛星群.