News of United’s Starlink deal comes the same week that Jessica Rosenworcel, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said she wanted to see more competition to SpaceX’s Starlink. Elon Musk’s Starlink has launched around 7,000 satellites into orbit since 2018, with SpaceX controlling “almost two-thirds of the satellites that are in space right now,” according to Rosenworcel. “Our economy doesn’t benefit from monopolies. So we’ve got to invite many more space actors in, many more companies that can develop constellations and innovations in space.”