Space X enjoys a near-monopoly on space launches. The company, founded by Elon Musk, has raced ahead of rivals in Europe and North America by driving down the cost of lifting payloads into orbit.

SpaceX's Starlink system boasts over 6,000 satellites in low-earth orbit, and provides high-quality internet service to the most remote areas of the world. Starlink is also profitable, and is quickly becoming the global industry standard for heavy industry, maritime, aviation, logistics, search and rescue, and even military operations.

China is aggressively attempting to catch up, with huge investments into research and development of reusable rockets, with ambitions to build even larger constellations of low-earth orbit satellites.

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Starlink satellites in real time
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Starlink home page
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Zerohedge, French Media Blames SpaceX For 2,500 Airbus Layoffs As Elon Musk Leads Rocket Race
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SpaceX’s mission to improve Starlink gets pushback from Europe
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Politico, How Europe’s rocket program lost big to Elon Musk: The inside story
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Spectator, SpaceX has put Europe to shame
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Techcrunch, Internal pre-Starlink SpaceX financials show big spending on moonshot bets
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Space, Chinese company CAS Space takes steps toward 1st launch of reusable rocket
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Space and Defense, Another Step Forward – China Advances its Reusable Rockets
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Bloomberg, In Space, No One Can Hear Musk's Rivals Scream
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Zerohedge, Satellite Constellation Projects Ready for Takeoff
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Statista, Satellite Constellation Projects Ready for Takeoff
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Starlink, meet Qianfan: China’s bold bid to catch up in the satellite race
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Bloomberg, Pentagon Deal With Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine Extended Six Months for $14 Million
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CNN, Ukraine relies on Starlink for its drone war. Russia appears to be bypassing sanctions to use the devices too
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Russia’s illicit Starlink terminals help power its advance in Ukraine
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Space X Home Page
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Aviation Week, Why Is The U.S. Space Industry So Obsessed With Vertical Integration?
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Substack
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Closing scene, Thousand Island Lake, Zhejiang

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