Russia's space chief promises an analogue for Musk's Starlink soon


Starlink satellites are pictured in the sky over a farm in the Almaty Region, Kazakhstan January 25, 2025. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will soon have an analogue to Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink, Dmitry Bakanov, the head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency was quoted by state news agencies as saying on Wednesday.

Starlink, operated by Musk's SpaceX, provides internet services via a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites and is widely used in remote areas and conflict zones.

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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