Starlink provides free internet to Venezuela
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starlink, the company’s satellite internet provider, will provide the service free of charge to the people of Venezuela for the next month. Musk reposted a statement from
SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, will provide free Starlink satellite internet to Venezuela until 3 February following dramatic overnight developments.
Time and again, Musk has argued that Venezuela’s vast natural wealth could have translated into shared prosperity under different leadership
Elon Musk announced that Starlink will provide free internet to Venezuela amid the political upheaval following US forces capturing President Nicolas Maduro.
Customer numbers for SpaceX's Starlink internet have surged by 1 million in the past six weeks, the company said on X.
China and Russia are targeting Elon Musk's Starlink satellite constellation, claiming the network poses dangers to spacecraft whilst facilitating criminal enterprises, drug trafficking operations and terrorist organisations.
This is the second time the president and Elon Musk have been seen together since their public feud in the spring of 2025.
British police forces could use Elon Musk’s Starlink for emergency phone communications under plans to support a long-delayed overhaul of the forces’ radio system.