US-based Space exploration company, SpaceX, says it is working with the Nigerian Communications Commission to secure the required licences to launch Starlink, its satellite Internet service, in Nigeria.
SpaceX’s Starlink Market Access Director for Africa, Ryan Goodnight, disclosed this in a meeting with NCC’s Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC), Umar Danbatta in Abuja.
Founded by Elon Musk in 2002, SpaceX develops Starlink, a mega constellation on Satellites to bring commercial Internet services to people across the globe. As of April 2021, SpaceX had launched over 1,400 Starlink satellites.
A March 2021 Space in Africa report revealed that the company already planned a late 2021 and 2022 launch, first in Nigeria, and then the rest of Africa.
The Starlink service has already begun a pre-order programme which takes about six months to fulfil.
At the time of granting the licence, SpaceX had launched 893 satellites and, per the NCC, SpaceX has a landing permit for its full constellation of 4,408 satellites.
Already, three Starlink satellites — 46135, 46078, and 44282 —are found orbiting Nigeria, and a closer look reveals several others also orbiting Nigeria and other African countries at different times of the day.
Given the NCC’s statement, it’s safe to say that nearly all Starlink satellites can beam their signals to Nigeria.
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