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A Starlink logo is shown on the company's product packaging.(AFP)
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Vietnam says SpaceX’s Starlink plans $15 billion investment

Sep 26, 2024 10:23 AM IST SpaceX is proposing to invest $15 billion in Vietnam tied to its Starlink satellite service in the near future,…

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This combination of files pictures created on August 29, 2024 shows South African businessman Elon Musk arriving at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, on April 13, 2024, and the Supreme Courts Judge Alexandre de Moraes speaking during a session in Brasilia on June 18, 2024, to analyse charges against alleged silent partners in the murder of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco.(ETIENNE LAURENT and EVARISTO SA/AFP)
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Brazil judge withdraws $3.3 million from Elon Musk’s Starlink and X to pay for social media fines

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday seized about $3 million from bank accounts belonging to social media platform X and satellite-based internet service provider…

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying Amazon's two prototype relay stations for a space-based internet service it calls Project Kuiper, from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Reuters)
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Jeff Bezos’ Project Kuiper satellite internet to get UK approval, competition with Elon Musk’s Starlink intensifies

Sep 08, 2024 10:22 AM IST Jeff Bezos’ Project Kuiper plans to launch 3,236 satellites, with the US FCC already granting permission and the UK’s…

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, in Paris, France.(Reuters)
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Brazil blocking Elon Musk’s X costs millions of users, little in sales

Brazil’s ban of Elon Musk’s social network, X, will have little impact on the business, which has long relied on the South American nation for…

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, in Paris, France.(Reuters)
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Starlink to block X as Elon Musk accepts defeat in bitter Brazil standoff

Sep 04, 2024 08:45 AM IST Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes had ordered X be banned as part of his campaign against disinformation…

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Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk.(AP)
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Brazil could cancel Starlink’s license after banning Elon Musk’s X

Sep 03, 2024 08:50 AM IST Brazil’s regulator may sanction Starlink for not complying with Brazilian norms, potentially revoking its operating license. Brazilian telecommunications regulator…

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Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk listens to a question as he speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (Susan Walsh/AP)
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Elon Musk’s clash with Brazil deepens, threatening X and Starlink

Fallout from the clash between Elon Musk and a justice on Brazil’s top court spread across the billionaire’s companies as the judge vowed to shut…

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Elon Musk attends the Breakthrough Prize awards in Los Angeles, California, US.(Reuters)
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Elon Musk on Brazil freezing Starlink bank accounts: ’Illegal action by a dictator’

Aug 30, 2024 08:08 AM IST Elon Musk condemned Brazil’s Supreme Court for blocking Starlink’s bank accounts and called Judge Moraes a ‘tyrant’. Elon Musk,…

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Elon Musk arrives at the 10th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.(AP)
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Elon Musk’s Starlink wins satellite broadband services licence in Sri Lanka

Aug 13, 2024 02:01 PM IST Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a bill last month, which amended the law for the first time in 28 years…

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SpaceX to be fined $175,000 by US govt for failure to provide Starlink data
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SpaceX to be fined $175,000 by US govt for failure to provide Starlink data

Bloomberg | | Posted by Ritu Maria Johny SpaceX is facing a $175,000 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration for failing to provide proper advance…

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