SpaceX will launch satellite based internet service in India soon: Elon Musk

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San Francisco: Aerospace Company SpaceX will launch satellite based internet service Star – link in India soon, said it’s Chairman Elon Mask on Wednesday. Elon Mask in tweet on Wednesday said that the company is figuring out how the regulatory approval process in the country would work for Star – link.

Star – link shipped 100,000 terminals to customers recently. The project aims to provide global broadband connectivity via a constellation of satellites. SpaceX began satellite launches in November 2019 and opened its $99 per month beta programme for select customers around a year later.
according to the Tech – Crunch reports, SpaceX has launched more than 1,700 satellites to date and in addition to the 100,000 shipped terminals has received over half a million additional orders for the service. Many of Starlink’s beta customers live in remote or rural areas, where access to conventional broadband is limited or nonexistent.
Customers pay a $499 upfront cost for the service, which covers a starter kit to get them off the ground: a user terminal (which SpaceX lovingly refers to as Dishy McFlatface), Wi-Fi router, power supply, cables and a mounting tripod, the report said. The company aims to launch around 30,000 Star – link satellites into orbit and expand its user pool to millions of customers.

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