Western or Chinese Constellations Will Dominate LEO: Valour
SpaceX or Amazon's Kuiper likely will dominate low earth orbit coverage of the West, while countries aligned elsewhere politically will gravitate to Chinese mega-constellation coverage, Valour Consultancy wrote Friday. Valour said the ongoing development of GuoWang and SpaceSail's Qianfan/Thousand Sails…
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mega-constellations shows China's goal of establishing a series of national satellite networks with global reach that compete with SpaceX, Kuiper and OneWeb. A SpaceSail spinoff is to be set up in Brazil within a couple of years, it said, while Latin American telco America Movil has cut ties with Starlink and is considering partnering with a Chinese network. SpaceSail has said it's talking with more than 30 countries about providing satellite connectivity, Valour noted. SpaceX's position as the world's LEO satellite leader is "precarious" as countries put more emphasis on regional control over network operations, the consultancy said.