India, July 29 -- Elon Musk and his company SpaceX have launched more than 9,000 satellites into orbit, which means they now control over 60 per cent of all active satellites circling Earth. With plans to send up tens of thousands more for Starlink's global internet project, SpaceX has become the biggest player in the satellite game. The company insists these satellites will deliver high-speed broadband everywhere, from big cities to remote villages.

But despite this staggering presence, SpaceX has written to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complain about a competing company, AST SpaceMobile, and its own satellite launches. SpaceX's letter accuses AST of not doing enough to prevent space collisions and of leaving too ma...