Elon Musk’s Starlink gets approval to launch India operations: Expected price, hardware requirement and more

Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has officially secured operating rights in India, a development confirmed by union minister for communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). This approval essentially means that Starlink can now provide its services in the competitive Indian telecommunications market.

The confirmation follows a “productive meeting” between Scindia and SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell. Their discussions, as detailed by Scindia on X, “delved into opportunities for collaboration in satellite communications to power Digital India’s soaring ambitions and empower every citizen across the country.”