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CNBC by Michael Sheetz 1/20/2021

SpaceX expands public beta test of Starlink satellite internet to Canada and the UK

Key Points

•   SpaceX expanded its Starlink satellite internet internationally, with Elon Musk’s company now offering early public access to the service in Canada and the United Kingdom.

•   The company has launched more than 1,000 of its Starlink satellites to date, as it aims to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites that are designed to deliver high-speed internet to anywhere on the planet.

•   Public records show SpaceX has registered Starlink subsidiaries in Austria, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, France, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa and Spain.

SpaceX has launched more than 1,000 of its Starlink high-speed internet satellites to date and, as it seeks regulatory approval in other countries, Elon Musk’s company is now offering early public access to the service in Canada and the U.K.

“Earlier this month we expanded our ‘Better than Nothing Beta’ program to include customers across the pond in the United Kingdom,” SpaceX lead manufacturing engineer Jessie Anderson said during the company’s launch webcast on Wednesday.

“Within the northern U.S. and Canada, and now the U.K., we are focused on rural and remote areas where there is no easy access to fiber or cable,” Anderson added.

More: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/spacex-expands-starlink-public-beta-test-to-canada-united-kingdom.html