China researches ways to disrupt satellite internet

During the nearly four years since Russia invaded Ukraine, satellite constellations have been a lifeline for Ukrainian forces, keeping the Internet and the military connected despite ongoing attacks.

China has taken notice.

With an eye toward future conflicts, the People’s Republic of China has sought for ways to disrupt or jam constellation-satellite networks. In an academic paper published in Chinese last month, researchers at two major Chinese universities found that the communications provided by satellite constellations could be jammed, but at great cost: To disrupt signals from the Starlink network to a region the size of Taiwan would require 1,000 to 2,000 drones, according to a research paper cited in a report in the South China Morning Post.

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