San Francisco, Oct 11 (IANS) Elon Musk-run Starlink on Tuesday entered Japan, making it the primary Asian nation to get SpaceX’s reasonably priced satellite tv for pc web service.

Other than Japan, Starlink at the moment supplies satellite tv for pc web entry in round 40 international locations.

Starlink is a constellation of satellites run by SpaceX. After 2023, it additionally goals to supply international cell phone service.

SpaceX has greater than 2,300 operational Starlink satellites in orbit as of September.

On the microblogging website Twitter, the SpaceX posted: “Starlink launches service in Japan — first nation in Asia”.

Earlier, Musk introduced that the SpaceX had manufactured greater than 1 million Starlink terminals.

The world’s richest man final month introduced that Starlink is now energetic on all of the continents, together with Antarctica.

On Twitter, Musk wrote: “Starlink is now energetic on all continents, together with Antarctica”.

He additionally stated “one other batch with lasers reaches orbit” after the deployment of 54 Starlink satellites was confirmed by the corporate.

Starlink can supply velocity round 50-200 Mbps.

The McMurdo Station in Antarctica has practically 1,000 individuals residing and dealing there through the summer time and so they have already got satellite tv for pc web, which isn’t dependable in tough situations. There is at the moment a 17 Mbps hyperlink for everybody, based on the US Antarctic Programme.

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