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@SpaceX backed Starlink @SpaceXStarlink #Broadband #Service could debut in #India in 2022:
#SpaceX, venture by #BILLIONAIRE #ElonMusk @elonmusk aims to launch company's own #Satellite #internet service. #Aerospace company listed multiple Indian locations on website.
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Services will be available on first-come-first-serve criteria. Starlink as concept is collection of tiny internet satellites orbiting closer to #Earth surface, at altitude of 550km, which, when compared to larger navigation and #communications satellites operate from medium Earth

Orbit of around 2,000 to 35,000 km or, at times geosynchronous orbit, usually operates from beyond 35,000 km. Potential users can pre-book Starlink services in India on website for refundable amount of $99 or Rs 7,265.
Due to proximity to planet's surface, Starlink and other...

Alternatives of satellite service do much better when comes to areas of interference, more importantly, latency, can result in much better internet services for consumer.
Existing satellite broadband services in country have median latencies of around 612ms with drop off to 594ms

Starlink will reduce latency down to measly 20-40ms.
As of now, #betatest of service going on in #USA #UnitedStates, with assured speed of around 150Mbps. Users will be required to use Starlink kit to access service, with kit set to include router, monitoring tripod and user...

Terminal to connect satellites.
SpaceX claimed uptime, latency and data speed will improve much more with launch of further satellites and installation of more and more ground stations, coupled with upgradation in #networking software. Plans to launch around 12,000 Starlink...

Satellites with around 1,000 in place.
SpaceX is not only satellite internet provider might enter #Indian market. Hughes India @hughes_Ind, subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems @HughesConnects @HughesDirect, recently set up ties with Indian Space #research Organization #ISRO...

@isro in order to provide internet services to around 5,000 remote villages located in #ArunachalPradesh, #Mizoram, Eastern #Ladakh, #Tripura and #Manipur.
Company will be using Indian space agency’s communications satellites, GSAT-19 and GSAT-11. #bhartiairtel @airtelnews...

@airtelindia @Airtel_Presence announced plans to launch own high-speed satellite internet service in 2022 via @OneWeb LEO internet satellites.