The plan to develop mobile communication satellite system in China has been proposed for more than 30 years.
In the early 1990s, the scientists in China put forward that the development of satellite mobile communication was an inevitable requirement for a large country with a vast territory, uneven population distribution and frequent natural disasters.
[1][2] In July 2008, Sun Jiadong and Shen Rongjun (沈荣骏) jointly called for the acceleration of China's independent satellite mobile communication system.
The space segment plans to consist of several geosynchronous orbit mobile communication satellites.
[3] According to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., the task of the satellite system is to provide all-weather, all-time, stable and reliable mobile communication services to users in China and its surrounding areas, the Middle East, Africa and most parts of the Pacific and Indian oceans.