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tristanjyesterday at 8:45 PM0 repliesview on HN

Starlink has been so successful, it is facing a lot of competition in the next few years. Every major power wants their own, national starlink network.

China's state-backed starlink competitor GuoWang is putting 13,000 satellites in orbit by 2030. They've already started launching satellites.

China's Qianfan plans 15,000 satellites by 2030.

AST SpaceMobile is building their own network.

Amazon Leo plans for 3,000 satellites in orbit, and is already launching satellites.

The EU is building IRIS², explicitly as a Starlink alternative.

Russia, after realizing how critical starlink is on the battlefield, is building its own Rassvet network. They've already launched satellites.