spacenews.com/resource-competition-intensifies-with-surge-in-megaconstellations Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations
Satellite companies are quietly downgrading parts and accepting year-long waits on valves just to keep megaconstellation plans alive. A 54-page industry analysis names nine bottlenecked components, and China's near-total grip on gallium and germanium could make things much worse.
— via SpaceNews, Hope Hodge Seck