While billionaires battle to dominate the nascent suborbital tourism industry, the satellite-internet space race is also heating up.
No other company has anything like it.
The launch of the new satellites isnt imminent, however.

Theyre not expected to arrive until after 2026.
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Immarsat is also taking a different market strategy from Starlink and Project Kuiper.

Instead of focusing on delivering internet to consumers, Immarsat will target governments, airlines, and maritime companies.
That approach could set Immarsat apart from its deep-pocketed rivals in the emergingspacesatellite sector.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).