WASHINGTON: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has volunteered to offer his company’s satellite internet service, Starlink, to assist in the recovery from Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida communities that are still without connectivity, according to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
“With the Starlink satellite, we are collaborating with Elon Musk. They are putting those Starlink satellites in the right places to give Southwest Florida and other impacted areas good coverage “On Saturday, DeSantis told reporters. “We anticipate the deployment of 120 additional massive Starlink units in Southwest Florida.”
OneWeb and Amazon.com Inc.’s yet-to-launch Project Kuiper are just two of the competing satellite communications firms SpaceX is fighting to rapidly expand Starlink.
