en.Wedoany.com Reported - China successfully launched the 22nd batch of low-orbit satellites for satellite internet using a Long March 12 carrier rocket from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site at 10:44 on June 17, 2026. The satellites entered their predetermined orbits, and the mission was a complete success.

The GW constellation is China's first mega satellite internet project and an integrated space-air-ground 6G internet initiative. The constellation consists of two sub-constellations, GW-A59 and GW-A2, aimed at forming a global internet satellite network, with plans to introduce a direct-to-cell satellite communication mode. The GW constellation plans to deploy a total of 12,992 satellites, including 6,080 in the GW-A59 sub-constellation distributed in very low orbits below 500 kilometers, and 6,912 in the GW-A2 sub-constellation in low Earth orbits at 1,145 kilometers.

Since the first batch of satellites was launched on December 16, 2024, using a "one rocket, ten satellites" approach, the constellation has successively achieved multiple low-orbit satellite launches, including the 2nd batch on February 11, 2025, the 3rd batch on April 29, the 4th batch on June 6, the 5th batch on July 27, the 6th batch on July 30, the 7th batch on August 4, the 8th batch on August 13, the 9th batch on August 17, the 10th batch on August 26, the 11th batch on September 27, the 12th batch on October 16, the 13th batch on November 10, the 14th batch on December 6, the 15th batch on December 9, the 16th batch on December 12, the 17th batch on December 26, and in 2026, the 18th batch on January 13, the 19th batch on January 19, the 20th batch on March 13, the 21st batch on April 9, and the 22nd batch on June 17.

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