Boost to Make In India! Space X to join hand with India firm to manufacture 'Satellite Communications Equipment'

New Delhi, July 13: At the time when the Elon Musk-led SpaceX is gearing up to launch its high-speed Starlink satellite broadband service in India, the company is planning to enter in partnership with Indian companies to locally manufacture satellite communications equipment. This decision will indeed give a major push to the 'Make In India' initiative.

 

 

As per the private media house, Matt Botwin, director, market access with the Starlink program informed said it during his first meeting with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) secretary Anshu Prakash. In the meeting, Matt Botwin said, “SpaceX is excited to find ways to work together with the Indian industry for manufacturing products for its Starlink devices.”

 

Botwin further also emphasized that SpaceX always looks for opportunities to maximize the efficiency of its (global) supply chain, and "is now looking forward to working with its partners in India to recognize those opportunities".

 

Botwin also said that SpaceX has been working with the Indian industrial sector for a long time, buying steel and steel-tubing for many of its rockets.

 

 

The DoT had called a meeting with global satellite companies to discuss a holistic roadmap for locally manufacturing satellite communications gear and ways to create an enabling regulatory regime for global low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operators to establish in-country gateways in India.

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