China – The race for low Earth orbit
While the world’s attention remains fixed on visible military fronts, another line of confrontation is taking shape above our heads—silent, technical, yet decisive. Beijing’s decision to submit proposals to the International Telecommunication Union for mega-constellations totaling nearly 200,000 satellites is not a bureaucratic quirk. It is a show of power. Space is becoming a new strategic territory. With CTC-1 and CTC-2, China is not merely announcing a technological ambition.… Lire la suite