China's Guowang Broadband Constellation Said Likely Viable

Despite lagging behind SpaceX and OneWeb, Guowang's Starlink constellation "seems a pretty safe bet to be around for a long time," Larry Press, a professor of information systems at California State University-Dominguez Hills. blogged Friday. A broadband satellite initiative of China's state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology, Guowang has Chinese government backing plus "an edge" in serving nations in China's Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative, said Press.