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A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a new-generation ocean color monitoring satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Nov. 16, 2023. The satellite has successfully entered the planned orbit.
A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

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  • China is taking the competition to Elon Musk in the space race. 
  • China will launch the first satellites in a new low-orbit network next month.
  • The 300 satellites will orbit at a much lower altitude than their competitors. 

A Chinese company plans to launch the first of 300 very low orbit satellites next month in a rival constellation to Elon Musk's Starlink network.

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China takes on Elon Musk's Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites