South Islanders among first to get Elon Musk's Starlink 11 Mar, 2021 07:30 PM 5 minutes to read An artist's impresion of Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Image / SpaceX Kiwis will be among the first in the world to give Elon Musk's Starlink a whirl. A Wednesday update on Starlink's official Reddit page, listing its next territories for launch, included "New Zealand: launching in parts of the South Island and expanding in the coming weeks" And this morning it added, "Starlink is now available in limited supply in New Zealand! An initial beta service will be concentrated in the South Island and expand rapidly across the rest of the country."