Nov. 19.– Declan Ganley’s vision for Outernet is a self-sustaining data ark in space that promises to host the most vital global digital communications—a backup internet. Declan Ganley is chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks.
Every existing global communication network, including Starlink, currently passes through the internet—a porous “public highway” rife with malicious threats, according to Ganley.
The Outernet, on the other hand, is “completely self-contained”: The signals stay in space, traveling through laser-linked satellite networks directly to users, bypassing traditional ground infrastructure. It’s a “game changer,” the fastest network in existence, with data sovereignty assured, he told The Epoch Times.
To conquer the sky, Ganley has been fighting a fierce legal battle on Earth. His adversary is the Chinese Communist Party, which has identified outer space as a new frontier for global dominance. Three years in and about 160 legal exchanges later, Ganley said he’s pressing on. “We will fight every lawsuit that the Chinese bring, as we have done,” he said. “We will win them all, as we have been doing.”
Backed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel and with a contract to serve the U.S. Navy, the Outernet is set to deploy 600 satellites in early 2026, and Ganley said the Chinese regime is working hard to ensure that doesn’t happen. He said his opponents have hinted that the lawfare decision “goes right to the top.”
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