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Starlink to focus on 10 rural constituencies for broadband connectivity
Satellite company Starlink, led by world's one of the richest entrepreneurs Elon Musk, will focus on 10 rural Lok Sabha constituencies to provide internet services, according to a top company official. The company is also looking to hold virtual conversations with Members of Parliament, ministers and top government officials over the importance of broadband connectivity in changing lives in rural areas. The SpaceX's satellite broadband arm aims to start broadband service in India from December 2022, with 2 lakh active terminals subject to permission from the government. Starlink Country Director for India Sanjay Bhargava on Sunday said, "In October I am also keen to have 30-minute virtual conversations with MPs, ministers, secretaries to GOI (government of India), or principal secretaries to states to see if they think 100 per cent broadband would help improve lives. We will probably focus on ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies for 80 per cent of the Starlink terminals shipped to ...
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SpaceX's low-flying satellites in US baffle residents, bug astronomers
The train of lights was actually a series of relatively low-flying satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet service earlier this week.
The sky to get more crowded
Tracking space debris is now an area of commercial interest as satellite launches go up
SpaceX delays simulated rocket failure test due to strong winds, rough seas
The test, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from U.S. soil, had been planned to take place on Saturday
Private role in the space race
While space exploration is being largely led by government bodies, it appears private companies will guide its next phase - space travel - in the lure of extra-terrestrial real estate and resources
We need a new space law
If Musk succeeds in his plans to send humans to Mars and builds a station there later, would that patch on the red planet belong to all mankind or his SpaceX company
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SpaceX customer Iridium Co blames Northrop Grumman for missing satellite
The satellite was presumed to have crashed into the ocean in the secretive mission code-named Zuma
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SpaceX launches Taiwan's first home-built satellite to boost space research
The satellite, called FORMOSAT-5, weighs nearly 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms)