6g sat

The world's first 6G technology testing satellite, manufactured in the PRC, has been launched into orbit by a Long March-6 launch vehicle along with 12 other satellites from the Taiyuan Cosmodrome in Shanxi Province.

The satellite envisions the use of terahertz frequencies to boost data rates many times faster than 5G networks. The satellite also carries equipment for monitoring natural situations that are unfavorable for agriculture and for preventing forest fires.

The 6G satellite is one of three Chinese satellites launched into orbit with the Long March-6 this time. Ten other satellites belong to Argentina. Thus, China's next-generation launch vehicle launched foreign satellites into space for the first time.

The 6G spacecraft is developed by Chengdu Guoxing Aerospace Science and Technology in cooperation with the China University of Electronic Science and Technology and Beijing MinoSpace Technology. The satellite will be used to test the 6G technology in space.

This is pretty old news. This was announced on November 9, 2020.

How promising do you think this technology is and who will be the first to enter the market with it?

Nokia Oyj is leading a group of companies and universities in a European Union-funded wireless communications project called Hexa-X, which aims to help launch the next generation of mobile technologies, now called 6G.

The group includes Ericsson AB, mobile operators Orange SA and Telefonica SA, and technology companies including Intel Corp. and Siemens AG. According to the list of participants, the University of Oulu and the University of Pisa have joined them.

While 5G deployment is still in its infancy and 100 wireless carriers worldwide offer services in limited areas, preparations for 6G development have already begun in several regions around the world.

In addition to Hexa-X, which is led by Nokia in Europe, there is the Next G alliance and the O-RAN alliance in the US.