China's Satellite Challenge
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•How China's satellite megaprojects are challenging Elon Musk's Starlink
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SpaceX's Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries.
China is aiming for a similar scale and hopes to have around 38,000 satellites across three of its low earth orbit internet projects.
China could see this as almost like a differentiator, experts say.
Having a proprietary satellite internet constellation is increasingly becoming a national security necessity.
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