China has achieved a new breakthrough in satellite-to-ground laser communication, surpassing Elon Musk’s Starlink.
China’s achievement suggests that other technologies using satellite and laser communications with 6G internet are close to becoming a reality.
Chengguang Satellite Technology, the company that built the Jilin-1 satellite constellation, achieved this breakthrough during a test last week.
The company confirmed that it had reached an ultra-high speed image data transfer speed of 100 gigabits per second in the test.
This speed is 10 times higher than the previous record set by the company.
According to the company, the breakthrough was recorded between a ground station mounted on a truck and one of the Jilin-1 satellites.
