The debate over satellite internet in India should not be just about Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani, spectrum auctions, or national security. It should be about building an Indian satellite communications industry. As a firmware engineer working on satellite hardware and digital processing architectures with one of the leading aerospace companies, I look at these networks not just as consumer services, but as complex stacks of silicon, board-level electronics, and signal-processing pipelines. And from an engineering perspective, the public conversation is missing the bigger picture! Suppose you were responsible for deciding which satellite internet company should be allowed to operate in…