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Space Race Pits SoftBank-Backed OneWeb Against Musk, Bezos: Q&A
OneWeb CEO says its first claim on airwaves gives it an edge.
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From one floor of a low-key office block overlooking a busy overpass in west London, OneWeb is preparing for a battle in space with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
The company is racing the two billionaires to install thousands of washing machine-sized satellites in low-earth orbit to bring high-speed internet to the half of the world’s population who can’t get it today.