Russia’s multibillion-dollar answer to Elon Musk falls apart in space — forcing a high-stakes gamble to save its orbit
THE SO WHAT
Starlink’s lead is now a geopolitical problem, not just a product advantage—Russia losing two Rassvet-3 satellites and scrambling to field Rassvet-4 shows how hard it is to stand up a rival constellation. Any operator building on LEO connectivity should assume a highly asymmetric market where one or two networks set the reliability baseline.
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