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Chinese Billionaire Starts Satellite Venture to Rival Musk’s SpaceX 

Li ShufuPhotographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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The Chinese owner of Volvo Cars announced it will become the country’s first private company to build satellites as billionaire Li Shufu follows Elon Musk into space.