Zhang Qi is chairman of Shanghai Yuanxin Satellite Technology, a state-controlled commercial low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications operator building the Thousand Sails Constellation of satellites. SSST plans to deploy over 15,000 low-Earth orbit...
...broadband satellites for communication purposes. As of March 2026, Zhang Qi told Chinese media SSST had launched 108 satellites. He is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and
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