Elon Musk's Starlink launches in Indonesia
This initiative aims to provide high-speed internet access to remote and underserved areas, marking a milestone in Indonesia's efforts to bridge its digital divide.
CNN
In a move towards enhancing internet connectivity, SpaceX’s Starlink services have now been introduced across Indonesia. This initiative aims to provide high-speed internet access to remote and underserved areas, marking a milestone in Indonesia's efforts to bridge its digital divide.
I’m very excited to bring connectivity to places that have low connectivity, if you have access to the internet you can learn anything.
Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, faces unique challenges in establishing robust internet infrastructure. Traditional fibre-optic networks are difficult to implement across such vast and varied terrain. However, Starlink, with its constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, offers a promising solution by delivering high-speed internet directly from space. The service uses a network of small satellites in LEO, working in conjunction to beam internet signals down to Earth, providing broadband access in areas where traditional internet services are unreliable, expensive, or non-existent.
The Starlink network currently consists of thousands of satellites, and SpaceX plans to launch many more to enhance coverage and capacity. Users connect to the internet via a Starlink dish, which communicates with the satellites overhead.
Starlink has seen a rapid expansion across the globe since its inception. Some of the notable cities and island nations include Ukraine, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, Australia and New Zealand, as well as the Maldives, Malaysia and the Philippines.
