“This is the most state-of-the-art communications network that the planet will have ever seen,” Ganley told NTD’s Paul Greaney. The network would compete directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink network. But Rivada’s permits are for an even sweeter position in space. “Think of these as cell towers in space. This position puts you on top of the hills, and not down in the valleys … above Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation.” Rivada is a commercial entity and plans to use the network for purely commercial purposes—licensing use of the network to businesses and governments around the world. But a network that powerful…