date: 2025-02-19 previous note: [[Chinese Space Power Theory]] related note(s): [[Chinese Economic SPT]] tags: #deep-space #satellite # Chinese Deep Space Infrastructure China wants to build a 3 stage communications, navigation, and [[Remote Sensing]] network to support deep space exploration. China has already placed a large comms area around the [[Lagrange Point]] [[EML2]]. --- ## References 1. Jones, Andrew. 2023. “China Wants a Lunar Satellite Constellation to Support Deep Space Missions.” _SpaceNews_. Retrieved February 17, 2025 ([https://spacenews.com/china-wants-a-lunar-satellite-constellation-to-support-deep-space-missions/](https://spacenews.com/china-wants-a-lunar-satellite-constellation-to-support-deep-space-missions/)).