By Urging Government to Start Approving Satellite Technologies, SpaceX Hints at Starlink Debut in India

CIOReviewIndia Team | Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 04:39 IST

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SpaceX Hints at Starlink Debut in India

Urging the Indian government to kick off approvals for satellite broadband technologies,  SpaceX, an American aerospace company owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, aims at expanding SpaceX's satellite Internet constellation Starlink to the country. 

 

In a filing submitted with the TRAI, SpaceX has expressed its interest in launching Starlink in India by the end of 202. The company also said that it was on track with constellation deployments for continuous Starlink coverage throughout India.

“Starlink's early performance tests demonstrate that NGSO (Non-geostationary) satellite technology is clearly capable of meeting not only the current broadband definition, but also those increased criteria recommended by TRAI,” Cooper wrote in the filing dated September 21, which has just been brought into focus by MediaNama.

“SpaceX does not require expensive ‘last-mile' fibre lines in order to deliver reliable high-speed broadband,” Cooper said.

Also responding to a TRAI consultation paper, SpaceX Vice President for Satellite Government Affairs Patricia Cooper said, “The new technologies like Startlink might require consideration of updated rules, policies, and regulation. She also recommended suggestions including the encouragement of technology-neutral broadband definitions and assigning already-allocation frequencies for the use of satellite systems."

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