A workshop was held by the College of Science and Technology on ‘Starlink satellite internet’ on 5th October 2022. It was delivered by Ms Shima Muhammad Sardar.

Some background to the topic of the workshop:

Starlink satellite internet is a project of SpaceX company and its goal is to provide internet to all regions of the world through satellite. Now we live in the space age; but unlike the space races of the 1950s and 1960s, this time the goal is to connect the whole world, even rural areas, to the Internet.

In 2015, SpaceX announced that it was developing a service called Starlink, which aims to provide fast and cheap internet to all parts of the world. SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwen Shotwell say that while Internet service providers are improving around the world, many people still struggle to cover rural areas.

How can SpaceX and Starlink provide cheaper and faster internet to remote rural areas? The workshop provided information and clarified the uncertainties surrounding this project.