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The report from the Washington-based Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said China had rapidly built a powerful commercial space sector under strong state backing and was narrowing the innovation gap with the US.
The warning comes as analysts project the global space economy could exceed US$1 trillion within the next decade. According to the report, China has already surpassed Russia as America’s main competitor in space.
“China’s space sector has gone from a nascent, slow-moving industry mostly led by state-owned enterprises to a robust, innovative commercial sector that trails only the United States in the global market,” said Ellis Scherer, an ITIF space policy analyst and author of the report.
“Most commercial space capabilities are dual use, with militaries relying most heavily on [positioning, navigation and timing], remote sensing, [low Earth orbit] broadband and anti-satellite weaponry.
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