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China Approves Geespace’s Two-Year Satellite IoT Trial

8/21/2026

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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved Zhejiang Geespace Technology for a two-year satellite IoT trial.
Zhejiang Geespace Technology, Geely’s commercial-space subsidiary, will use its GeeSAT 1 network for the trial.
The constellation comprises 64 low-Earth-orbit satellites at ~600 km, covering the globe except the poles.
It can handle roughly 340 million daily requests and serve 20 million users worldwide.

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China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approved Zhejiang Geespace Technology for a two-year satellite IoT trial.
Zhejiang Geespace Technology, Geely’s commercial-space subsidiary, will use its GeeSAT 1 network for the trial.
The constellation comprises 64 low-Earth-orbit satellites at ~600 km, covering the globe except the poles.
It can handle roughly 340 million daily requests and serve 20 million users worldwide.