There is only one other low Earth orbit satellite constellation providing internet globally at the moment, even though more are being set up. Lower orbit is crucial for drone and other military operations due to its higher speed and latency. OneWeb, an French-owned company currently has 628 satellites in low Earth orbit, according to the website N2yo. By comparison, Starlink has almost 7,000. OneWeb's satellites, however, circle Earth in a somewhat higher orbit but could probably also integrate geostationary satellites from its parent company Eutelsat. This allows them to cover a larger area per satellite than their U.S. competitors, but also causes a small loss in latency, which is the speed at with data travels between the satellite and the receiver. Both providers therefore rely on different concepts. But are they equivalent?

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