Elon Musk Notes Scindia's Meeting With SpaceX President After Starlink's India Licence Nod

Last Updated:June 18, 2025, 22:38 IST

Earlier this month, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk's company Starlink received a licence from the telecom department for providing satellite internet services in India

Elon Musk reposted about the meeting between Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell. (Image: AP/File)

Days after Starlink secured a licence from India’s telecom department, Elon Musk took note of Union minister Jyotiraditya Scinidia’s meeting with SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell.

Musk reposted about the meeting, which took place on Tuesday (June 17), between Scindia and Shotwell. Earlier this month, his company Starlink received a licence from the telecom department for providing satellite internet services in India. This is being considered a key milestone that will take it closer towards launching commercial operations in the country.

Starlink is the third company after Eutelsat OneWeb and Jio Satellite Communications to get a licence from the department of telecommunications to provide satellite internet services in India. A fourth applicant, Amazon’s Kuiper is still waiting for approvals.

After the meeting with Shotwell, Scindia said discussions centred around different opportunities for collaboration in satellite communications to power Digital India. “Had a productive meeting with Ms. @Gwynne_Shotwell, President & COO of @SpaceX, on India’s next frontier in connectivity. We delved into opportunities for collaboration in satellite communications to power Digital India’s soaring ambitions and empower every citizen across the country," he wrote in a post on X.

He said satellite technologies are not only relevant, but transformative. “Ms. Shotwell appreciated the license granted to @Starlink, calling it a great start to the journey," he added.

Starlink is a satellite internet service developed by SpaceX — the American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company founded in 2002 by Musk, who is the world’s richest man. It provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet worldwide using satellite technology and is aptly described by some as broadband beamed from the skies.

Unlike conventional satellite services that rely on distant geostationary satellites, it uses the world’s largest low Earth orbit or LEO constellation (550 km above Earth). This constellation of LEO satellites (7,000 now but eventually set to grow to over 40,000) and its mesh delivers broadband internet capable of supporting streaming, online gaming, and video calls.

(With PTI inputs)

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