Elon Musk’s satellite network Starlink is rapidly expanding across the Global South amid a lack of industry regulation. Steven Feldstein, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, explains what is at stake.
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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, recently sent its satellite No. 10,000 into space.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Ignition. Engines full power, and lift off. From 10-10 to 10,000, go Starlink. Go…
PFEIFFER: Starlink is the dominating power in providing satellite Internet services globally. Its competitors don’t even come close. And Musk is expanding Starlink to countries in Africa, Asia,