Elon Musk inaugurated Space X's Starlink satellite television internet services in Indonesia on Sunday (19 May), marking the business enterprise's brand new expansion into locations with restricted internet connectivity.

Highlights:

• Elon Musk launched SpaceX's Starlink internet services in Indonesia, aiming to improve connectivity in remote areas.
• Starlink, already present in Malaysia and the Philippines, seeks further expansion in Southeast Asia.
• Starlink has over 2 million users globally, with the largest fleet of LEO satellites providing broadband internet.

Indonesia, which is made of over 17,000 islands, has hundreds of thousands of people who've very little right of entry to the internet.

Musk has already established Starlink in Malaysia and the Philippines, with aspirations to extend into different Southeast Asian international locations.

Musk informed local media on Sunday: "It is in reality vital to emphasize the importance of net connectivity and what kind of a lifestyles-changer and existence-saver it is able to be."

"When you have a connection to the internet, you could study whatever," he said. "But if you do not have the right of entry to the internet, it is very difficult to research."

"And if you have goods and services that you want to offer to the world, even if you live in a distant village, you can now do it with an internet connection. "So you can bring a lot more prosperity to [remote] communities," Musk explained.

Starlink, which launched in 2019, already has over two million users and services all seven continents in over 60 countries.

The company's LEO internet broadband satellite network is the world's biggest fleet of spacecraft, with more than 4,000 in orbit.

LEO satellites are the most prevalent in space. They are found 500–1,200 kilometers from Earth and are utilized for imaging, telecommunication, and broadband internet.

"Musk launches SpaceX's Starlink internet services in Indonesia" was first written and published by Verdict, a GlobalData-owned company.