Question: Satellite internet company Starlink is the division of which of the following company?
a) OneWeb
b) SpaceX
c) Blue Origin
d) None of these
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- On 01 November 2021; Starlink announced it has registered its business in India.
- Starlink is the satellite internet division of US billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX.
- Musk’s Starlink has opened a subsidiary Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited (SSCPL) in the country for its satellite internet division.
- According to the Starlink’s country director Sanjay Bhargava SpaceX now has a 100 per cent owned subsidiary in India.
- The company was interested in focussing on rural areas to provide broadband services.
- Company wants to initially focus on providing internet services in ten rural Lok Sabha constituencies.
- Starlink uses satellites in low orbit to ensure high-speed data rate activities.
- The SSCPL claims that its services are ideally suited for the areas where connectivity is unreliable or completely unavailable.
- The company reportedly plans to provide 200,000 devices by December next year majority of which will be in rural areas.
- In the first phase, the company proposes to link some schools in Delhi and nearby rural areas and then target other rural districts in the country.