600 Chinese Commercial Space Firms Exist TodayThe firm, which is led by Kari Bingen, a former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under the President Donald Trump administration from 2017 to 2020, says that “commercial launch and satellite broadband haveemerged as the clearest examples of Beijing’s ambitions.” The report pointed to the establishment of at least 10 start-ups as direct competitors to State-run Long March.“U.S. policymakers must understand these dynamics now, before the United States finds itself outpaced in sheer industrial capacity and output,” the firm said, adding that the companies were capable of producing 4,100–5,000 satellites via…