{"id":2906,"date":"2026-06-16T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:50:49","slug":"china-launches-new-satellite-to-test-high-speed-communication-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/china-launches-new-satellite-to-test-high-speed-communication-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches new satellite to test high-speed communication tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Long March 5 rocket\u2019s lift-off marks pivotal step in validating technologies for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability<\/em><\/p>\n<p>China launched a new test communication satellite on June 11 in a pivotal step to validate technology essential for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability.<\/p>\n<p>The Communication Technology Test Satellite No 25 was sent into orbit on a Long March 5 rocket launched from the Wenchang spaceport in the southern island province of Hainan at 3.30pm on June 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe satellite will be mainly used to verify multi-band, high-rate satellite communication technologies,\u201d state broadcaster CCTV reported. The mission is the 11th flight for the Long March 5 series and its first launch of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Long March 5 has a carrying capacity of 25 tonnes to low-Earth orbit, 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit and 8.25 tonnes to trans-lunar injection, suggesting that the satellite deployed in this mission was relatively heavy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2923 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Wenchang-launch-site-allows-for-higher-payloads.-Photo-Xinhua-1.webp\" alt=\"The Wenchang launch site allows for higher payloads\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Wenchang-launch-site-allows-for-higher-payloads.-Photo-Xinhua-1.webp 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Wenchang-launch-site-allows-for-higher-payloads.-Photo-Xinhua-1-300x181.webp 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Wenchang-launch-site-allows-for-higher-payloads.-Photo-Xinhua-1-768x464.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The Wenchang launch site allows for higher payloads. Photo: Xinhua<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The choice of Wenchang remains strategic for heavy payloads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long March 5 rocket\u2019s lift-off marks pivotal step in validating technologies for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability China launched a new test communication satellite on June 11 in a pivotal step to validate technology essential for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability. The Communication Technology Test Satellite No 25 was sent into orbit on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[135,25,136,20],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-china","tag-launch","tag-rocket","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2926,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions\/2926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}