WASHINGTON — Much of the commercial space industry is spellbound by the promise of thousands of broadband satellites in low Earth orbit in the next few years, a multibillion-dollar investment that would be a dream come true for satellite component makers, launch-service providers — and the financial-services industry too.
At the Satellite 2018 conference and exhibition here March 12-15, industry officials generally swung between pessimism about the current satellite telecommunications business and optimism about mega constellations providing ubiquitous broadband.
On half-expected to see a special “Low . . .
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