SpaceX owns/operates 2/3 of all satellites in orbit. Is that a problem? Eutelsat, EchoStar, UNOOSA, Anatel respond

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — Ahmed Ali Al-Sohaily, former chief technologies of Saudi Arabia’s telecom regulator, CST, did not mince words in asking his panel — which included the CEOs of Eutelsat Group and Echostar, Brazil’s telecom regulator, Anatel; and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) — a simple question.

“When a single company has two-thirds of of the total satellites in orbit, is that a concern?” he asked, referring to Starlink, owner by SpaceX, which is owned . . .

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