{"id":648727,"date":"2026-08-21T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/648727\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:29:13","slug":"china-clears-geely-for-landmark-satellite-iot-test-to-spur-commercial-space-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/648727\/","title":{"rendered":"China clears Geely for landmark satellite IoT test to spur commercial space sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has approved its first private-sector commercial trial for satellite Internet of Things (IoT) services, granting a permit to a Geely-backed venture as part of broader efforts to open the country\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/hong-kong-economy\/article\/3359194\/make-hong-kong-chinas-space-finance-capital-legal-group-urges-beijing?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">burgeoning satellite communications market<\/a> to private capital.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) granted Zhejiang Geespace Technology, the commercial space subsidiary of electric vehicle giant Geely, a two-year trial period, according to a notice published on the ministry\u2019s website on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Geespace will provide low-power, wide-coverage connectivity across sectors including smart transport, marine fisheries, energy, and water infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The decision makes Geespace the first private Chinese company to secure approval for a satellite IoT commercial trial, underscoring Beijing\u2019s push to accelerate the development of its commercial space sector.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In May, MIIT issued the country\u2019s first satellite IoT trial permit to Beijing Guodian High-Tech Technology, an entity backed by state-owned China Mobile, the nation\u2019s largest wireless carrier.<\/p>\n<p>China becomes first nation to recover orbital launch rockets with 2 distinct paths<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Satellite IoT delivers low-speed data services through satellite networks to link sensors, vehicles and equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China has approved its first private-sector commercial trial for satellite Internet of Things (IoT) services, granting a permit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[270],"tags":[4204,1793,6741,381,7308,18,14751,25678,19,3147,17,11992,8820,34393,10560,133,82732,4434,451,4425],"class_list":["post-648727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-africa","tag-beijing","tag-central-asia","tag-china","tag-china-mobile","tag-eire","tag-geely","tag-geespace","tag-ie","tag-internet-of-things","tag-ireland","tag-latin-america","tag-middle-east","tag-ministry-of-industry-and-information-technology","tag-qianfan","tag-science","tag-south-asia","tag-southeast-asia","tag-space","tag-starlink"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117132564268486471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}