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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband system has received licensing approval for its user terminals from the UK’s communications regulator, paving the way for the billionaire’s venture to enter another major market.
The authorisation was granted in November, an Ofcom spokesman said by email on Saturday. Greece, Germany and Australia have also approved the new system, according to local reports.
Musk now the the world s richest man aims to roll out global super-fast Internet coverage to connect users beyond the reach of existing broadband networks by sending thousands of satellites into low-earth orbit.
The nightmare year of 2020 brought the airline industry s first decade of sustained profitability to a shuddering halt. The coronavirus pandemic tore through in a tumultuous, unprecedented way leaving carriers in a deep hole, along with a constellation of aerospace manufacturers, airports and leasing firms. 2021 is shaping up to be a transition year for an enterprise that takes passengers on the equivalent of 208 million annual trips around the globe. At best, the path ahead will be bumpy, with progress toward a return to travel dependent on the pace of vaccine roll-outs, access to capital, government policies and the unpredictability of a virus that s not yet fully understood. Still, there will be leaps, including the first commercial flights to near-space.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Elon Musk, the outspoken entrepreneur behind Tesla Inc and SpaceX, is now the richest person on the planet.
A 4.8% rally in the electric carmaker’s share price on Thursday boosted Musk past Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people.
The South Africa-born engineer’s net worth was $188.5 billion at 10:15 am in New York, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top spot since October 2017. As chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp, or SpaceX, Musk is also a rival to Bezos, owner of Blue Origin LLC, in the private space race.