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perihelionsyesterday at 11:23 PM0 repliesview on HN

This is a misidentification:

> "The CTC-1 constellation proposes to be at 510 km altitude and 97.4 degrees inclination[0]"

That's an unrelated "CTC-1"; your reference [0] describes American CubeSats. This isn't the Chinese megaconstellation that was just announced; it's a name collision.

The CTC-1 in your link is identified as a trio of CubeSats assigned to the SpaceX rideshare mission Transporter 15. Cross-referencing, SpaceX does show of trio of small satellites by the name "CTC-1" (a,b,c) launched on Transporter 15, on Nov. 28, 2025,

https://www.spacex.com/launches/transporter-15 ("Transporter-15 Mission")