Just days after technological sensations at SpaceX inspired us to voice a rare show of optimism for the satellite market, Northern Sky Research (NSR) goes and shoots itself in the foot by claiming Chinese firms will dominate emerging satellite markets – meaning fewer growth opportunities for the already troubled fleet operators. Chinese companies will take a larger share of the global satellite communications market and disrupt Europe and Asia, according to the report from the satellite research group. These are some of the damning conclusions for satellite fleet operators which have been talking up failsafe options in emerging countries to offset losses in Western regions. Specifically, for GEO-HTS (geostationary high throughput satellites), Chinese state-owned companies will manufacture and launch over…