On September 24, 2025, at 15:56, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China successfully launched the Geely Constellation 06 satellites using the Jielong-3 carrier rocket in the sea near Rizhao, Shandong. The satellites successfully entered their designated orbit, marking the successful completion of the sixth orbital launch mission of the Geely Constellation. This is the third maritime launch mission for the Geely Constellation within two months.
With this launch, the first phase of the Geely Constellation network, constructed and operated by Zhejiang Space-Time Daoyu Technology Co., Ltd., has been successfully completed, achieving real-time seamless coverage of any location on Earth except for the polar regions. The Geely Constellation has become China’s first low Earth orbit satellite constellation to complete networking and possess large-scale application capabilities, marking a historic breakthrough in China’s commercial space industry.
Private Sector Builds Global Low Earth Orbit Constellation
Building China’s Strategic Infrastructure
The Geely Constellation is a low Earth orbit satellite IoT constellation entirely constructed and operated by private enterprises in China. Since 2022, Space-Time Daoyu has successfully completed the deployment of the first phase of the constellation through six consecutive successful launches. As of now, including the experimental satellites deployed in the previous orbital plane, Space-Time Daoyu has increased the number of satellites in orbit to 64, with a reliability of 100% for all satellites in orbit and a network reliability of 100%, demonstrating the independent innovation capabilities of Chinese private commercial space enterprises across the entire chain from system design, satellite development, to network operation.
The constellation possesses real-time IoT communication capabilities with global coverage, providing commercial satellite IoT services to users worldwide, and serves as a strong support and important supplement to the national integrated information network system. As a new generation of strategic information communication infrastructure, the Geely Constellation will widely serve key areas such as intelligent networking, marine fisheries, low-altitude travel, emergency communication, transportation logistics, and energy management, injecting strong momentum into the new industrialization and digital transformation of industries in China and globally.
This means that satellite communication is upgrading from a traditional “supplementary technology” to a strategic infrastructure, becoming an important support for the digital economy, intelligent travel, and national security.
Global Real-Time Communication Coverage
Serving 20 Million Users
After the completion of the first phase of the Geely Constellation network, the system can support services for 20 million users globally, with a communication capacity of 340 million times per day. In terms of communication performance, the constellation can provide stable and reliable transmission, with a single communication capacity of 1900 bytes, supporting text messages, voice messages, and image transmission types.
On the technical level, the constellation is equipped with independently developed advanced anti-jamming algorithms, boasting a super anti-jamming capability of 50dB and excellent signal interception resistance, significantly surpassing international counterparts in terms of communication security and availability. With long-term large-scale R&D investment, Space-Time Daoyu has achieved full-stack independent research and mass production from the space segment, ground segment to application end, with satellite IoT communication costs only 1/100 of traditional satellite communication, greatly lowering the threshold for public applications.
In the future, as Space-Time Daoyu completes the deployment of all 72 planned satellites, the constellation will achieve triple to quadruple real-time coverage within the global coverage area, further enhancing communication capacity and service reliability, becoming a representative of the new generation of satellite IoT constellations for commercial use in China’s commercial space sector.
Accelerating Global Layout
Commercial Validation Tests Completed in Multiple Scalable Markets
With the successful completion of the first phase of the Geely Constellation network, Space-Time Daoyu has accelerated its global layout and completed commercial validation tests in multiple scalable markets both domestically and internationally. Domestically, Space-Time Daoyu has collaborated with leading enterprises such as China Unicom, Zoomlion, Geely Automobile, and Cao Cao Mobility to promote the integration and innovation of “satellite IoT + industry,” and has completed commercial validation tests for scenarios such as “satellite + intelligent networking,” “satellite + marine fisheries,” “satellite + engineering machinery,” and “satellite + transportation logistics,” with a success rate close to 100%, effectively promoting the cross-integration of satellite IoT with industrial internet, vehicle networking, and low-altitude intelligent networking as new generation information infrastructure.
Overseas, the focus is on covering regions such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America, establishing partnerships with telecom operators in over 20 countries. In Malaysia, a joint venture with local operator ALTEL is accelerating the implementation of satellite communication in communication, transportation, and energy sectors; in the Middle East, cooperation with Oman’s Azyan Telecom has entered the practical stage, providing satellite communication services for tens of thousands of fishing boats, and is advancing technical validation and commercial deployment with Saudi ATSS; in Africa, collaborating with Morocco’s Soremar to support the marine economy and digital transformation in North Africa; in South America, exploring the integration of low Earth and high Earth satellites through cooperation with Argentina’s Orbith.
With the completion of the first phase of the Geely Constellation network, China’s private low Earth orbit constellation is stepping onto the global stage with a more robust pace, providing reliable communication capabilities for countries along the “Belt and Road” and the “Digital Silk Road,” promoting deep and practical international cooperation.
New Breakthroughs in China’s Commercial Space
Empowering the Global Digital Economy
The successful completion of the first phase of the Geely Constellation network not only marks a new level in the construction of China’s low Earth orbit satellite IoT but also showcases the innovative capabilities of Chinese private commercial space in system engineering and global operations. As a low Earth IoT constellation with global real-time communication coverage, the Geely Constellation will continuously expand its application value in diverse scenarios such as intelligent networking, emergency communication, marine fisheries, smart cities, and low-altitude economy, driving China’s commercial space industry towards a global trajectory.
In the future, the Geely Constellation will start from global real-time coverage, serving the digital economy and industrial upgrades, providing more uniquely Chinese commercial space application solutions, and injecting new momentum into global connectivity, social development, and sustainable progress.
Source/Comprehensive compilation from Xinhua News Agency, Dazhong Daily
Editor/Liu Zhe
Reviewed by/Li Shuheng
Supervisor/Suo Aidi
