Elon Musk’s decision to abruptly impose limits on Ukraine’s use of his Starlink communications network—which is critical to the country’s efforts to fight off Russia’s invasion—is prompting U.S. allies to intensify efforts to come up with their own alternatives.

Europeans are expressing concerns about relying on a system with a built-in kill switch that gives Musk the power to deactivate a vital network without consultation.

“The more you play politics with your products, the more you damage your brand,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said...

There is:
OneWeb, a subsidiary of the French group Eutelsat.

The European Union has contracted with Eutelsat and two other companies to build out a sovereign satellite network of 348 satellites known as IRIS

It would seem critical to world peace and unity for there to be an alternative to SpaceX.

As Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said Friday, the U.S. shouldn’t be “so dependent on one system, one person, one company.”