SpaceX

SpaceX’s Starlink has achieved a significant regulatory milestone by obtaining the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) licence from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT), following rigorous security compliance verification. This positions Starlink as the third satellite communication provider licensed in India after OneWeb and Reliance Jio. The approval clears the path for trial spectrum allocation and eventual commercial rollout, subject to further clearances from the Indian space regulator, In-SPACe.

SpaceX is preparing to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled between late Monday night and early Tuesday morning on May 19–20, 2025. This event, part of an active launch calendar from Florida’s Space Coast, offers a rare nighttime spectacle visible across much of the eastern coast of the state, weather permitting.