By Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Eduardo Baptista, Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito BENGALURU/BEIJING/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Space is about to get more crowded for Elon Musk. The billionaire's Starlink communications network is facing increasingly stiff challenges to its dominance of high-speed satellite internet,

SpaceX launched another set of its Starlink internet satellites from southern California on Saturday evening (Feb 22). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station at 8:38 p.m. EST (5:38 p.m. local time or 0138 GMT Feb. 23).

Elon Musks Starlink is facing increased competition in the satellite internet race, with China and Jeff Bezos-backed Project Kuiper expanding aggressively. Shanghai-based SpaceSail, controlled by the Chinese government,