A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying Starlink Internet satellites from the Kennedy Space Centre on May 18, 2022. - Reuters
TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters): Japan's military is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service with an eye to adopting the technology next fiscal year, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing unnamed government sources.
The Ministry of Defense already has access to communication satellites in geostationary orbit, but use of Starlink technology, operated by Musk's SpaceX, would add a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, the Yomiuri said.
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