Reliance Jio’s 1,600-LEO satellite plan gets IN-SPACe technical nod

New Delhi: Space regulator IN-SPACe has adjudged Reliance Jio’s proposal to deploy about 1,600 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites as “technically sound” and on par with global systems like Starlink, according to government officials who didn’t want to be named.

The evaluation was conducted by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) wing of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).