you mean all these Chinese company are actually firing some TOY sat to orbit, which can only last a very short time?
That's weird, this sounds like throw the money to ocean and hope you can get it back with some profit.....
That's weird, this sounds like throw the money to ocean and hope you can get it back with some profit.....
Lower orbits are cheaper to reach, and just like cellphones the high turnover of technology means that they will become obsolete quickly too. Today you might want a ""5G"" base station in space (+), in a few years time you'll want a ""6G"" one.
(+) this is an analogy
Although space is quite big / endless, but the surface area of our earth in space isn't that big enough.