A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday, Feb 15, 2021 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket is carrying a batch of 60 Starlink communications satellites. — Florida Today via AP
SAINT-SENIER-DE-BEUVRON, France: To realise his dream of satellite-powered Internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he’ll decide to keep those antennas far away.
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk’s Starlink project for broadband from space.
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