In the business of space there is much competition between states. Many governments are competing to attract companies to submit ITU filings through their national administration or to apply for launch or space operations licenses from their launch authority. The benefits to the state would come with the ancillary setting up of an office, possibly a headquarters, a TT&C facility, foreign investment, recruitment of skilled employees etc. -several of which may be conditions to the submission of the ITU filing or the license application.
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