A Starlink satellite tracker service on a smartphone.Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett
Elon Musk, the 49-year-old tech entrepreneur who founded Tesla and SpaceX, is now trying to bring satellite internet service to rural regions of Spain. His Starlink company, a subsidiary of space division SpaceX, has put a battalion of satellites into low orbit to provide high-speed connections all over the world, but especially in remote areas where broadband has only partial or zero reach.
A beta test of the service is already operational in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, where it is being used by more than 10,000 customers. Now, Starlink is expanding into EU countries, including Spain. There was a flurry of images of perfectly aligned lights parading across the night sky on social media last week as the penultimate of 26 rockets carrying 60 satellites was launched on May 4. The last Starlink launch took place on May 9, according to Space.com.