13 December 2024

Close on the heels of Starlink, SpaceSail, a Chinese low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite company, has signed an agreement to enter the Brazilian market.

SpaceSail signed a memorandum with Telebras to provide satellite communications and broadband internet services to Brazil. The companies will reportedly study demand in areas not served by fibre optic infrastructure. The service is expected to go live in 2026.

SpaceSail is developing high-speed internet services through low Earth orbit satellites described as ‘the Thousand Sails Constellation, a giant low-orbit satellite constellation adopting a full-frequency-band, multilayer and multi-orbit design.’