Could a Jeff Bezos satellite network rival Starlink?

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  Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon,

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  has said his Rocket Company Blue Origin plans to launch a new satellite-based communications network,

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  which sounds like it could be a rival to Elon Musk's Starlink.

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  I spoke to Dr.

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  Megan Argo, an astrophysicist at the University of Central Lancashire here in the UK,

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  and I asked her if that is indeed what Bezos is planning.

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  it inevitably will be a rival to Starlink and it's not the only one.

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  There are an awful lot of satellite constellations and of course Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon who already have their own satellite constellation well underway and operational.

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  So there are lots of competitors.

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