{"id":1029907,"date":"2026-08-20T07:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1029907"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:13:41","slug":"elon-musks-starlink-reapplies-for-india-approval-of-satellite-network-with-direct-to-device-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/20\/elon-musks-starlink-reapplies-for-india-approval-of-satellite-network-with-direct-to-device-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink reapplies for India approval of satellite network with direct-to-device tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Starlink has renewed efforts to offer satellite communication services in India, resubmitting an application to the space regulator seeking approval for a Gen 2 constellation that delivers the latest technologies, including direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity, people aware of the details told ET. <\/p>\n<p>The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) rejected an earlier application by the Elon Musk-owned company for the 30,000-satellite internet constellation a few years ago due to non-conformity of certain features and spectrum bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Starlink has renewed efforts to offer satellite communication services in India, resubmitting an application to the space regulator seeking approval for a Gen 2 constellation that delivers the latest technologies, including direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity, people aware of the details told ET. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) rejected an earlier application by the Elon Musk-owned company for the 30,000-satellite internet constellation a few years ago due to non-conformity of certain features and spectrum bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029927,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029907\/revisions\/1029927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}