SUMMARY Security conditions include the establishment of earth station gateway(s) in India for providing satellite-based communication services Sekhar said, no user traffic originating from or destined for India must be routed through any gateway located outside India Starlink received its Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) permit in June FOLLOW US . Starlink received its Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) permit in June. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) authorised Starlink’s Gen 1 constellation to provide satellite communication services in India. Gen 1 is Starlink’s low Earth orbit (LEO) network of 4408 satellites which can offer 600 Gbps throughput in India. Earlier this year, India’s top telecom players Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel partnered with Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX to offer starlink services in the country. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, meanwhile, said that the satcom sector is expected to generate employment as it is an emerging area. “Satellite-based communication services is an upcoming area and as any new economic activity would do, it is also expected to generate employment in the country, as it involves, inter-alia, the installation, operation and maintenance of the telecom network including user terminal equipment,” the minister said in his reply. Starlink’s Potential Impact On India SpaceX’s global satellite internet initiative Starlink has been created to deliver high-speed broadband access directly to users through a network of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. As India’s digital divide remains a major obstacle, Starlink’s foray could revolutionise internet accessibility by bringing fast and reliable broadband to villages, hilly terrains and other hard-to-reach locations. As per news agency PTI, Sekhar had said that Starlink will offer speeds up to 200 Mbps