The picture shows the American StarLink
Since Musk proposed the Starlink program, the world has begun to turn its attention to space, in fact, the open and dark struggle in space has been continuing, the Starlink program is no exception, Musk's Starlink plan is too overbearing, the satellite has been close to the Chinese space station twice, directly threatening the safety of space, fortunately, the Chinese space station avoided timely, only to avoid the occurrence of space accidents, Starlink, is a project of the United States Space Exploration Technology Corporation, Space Exploration Technology Company plans between 2019 and 2024, A "Starlink" network of about 12,000 satellites has been built in space to provide Internet services, and the number of planned launches has reached 42,000.
Human beings have entered the space age for decades, but in the past few decades, the total number of spacecraft launched by humans is not as good as the number of satellites that the US Starlink program intends to launch, on the surface, the United States wants to use the starlink to build its own space network, so as to serve the next generation of communication technology, in order to regain the decline in the United States in communication technology, and in fact, the starlink plan actually has a greater conspiracy, that is, to seize space resources.
Although space has no sovereignty, the number of orbits that can be used is limited, in line with the principle that whoever occupies it first will belong to whom. Once the United States will send all 42,000 satellites into space, then the orbit will be full of American satellites, so that other countries into no orbit can be used, more critically, the United States can arbitrarily adjust the orbit of satellites, thereby interfering with the use of satellites and spacecraft of other countries, the United States satellites approaching the Chinese space station is the most obvious example, to know that there are Chinese astronauts in space, if there is a collision, then the consequences are unimaginable.
It seems that the United States is also red-eyed by China's achievements in space, so it wants to use this kind of indiscriminate means to prevent the construction of the Chinese space station, although the Starlink plan seems to be very powerful, but it is not easy to achieve. After all, 42,000 satellites are all launched, the United States needs to spend at least trillions of dollars, and these funds will eventually fall into Musk's pockets, at the same time, the satellites in the Starlink program are not outstanding in performance, and have a limited lifespan, once the life is exhausted, then a large amount of space junk will be generated, affecting the safety of subsequent space launches.
The picture shows space junk
In order to cope with the U.S. Starlink program, China proposed the Hongyan constellation system, and there are follow-up multiple space programs are brewing, the Hongyan constellation system is only 300 satellites, but it can achieve the most perfect function in history, and make up for the shortcomings of the Beidou system, compared with the 42,000 satellites in the United States, it is clear that the Hongyan system is less difficult to achieve, the reliability is higher, so once unveiled, it has received global attention, it seems that the Chinese side has once again achieved curve overtaking.
And the U.S. Starlink plan may not be able to be realized, after all, trillions of dollars of investment, just to obtain a new generation of network technology, but also at any time may be surpassed by China, the U.S. Congress is not stupid, just as the construction of DDG1000 destroyers, the original plan to build dozens of ships, the final service is only single digits, maybe in the later stage, the United States will also choose to cancel the Starlink plan.