Internet from space: Elon Musk's Starlink expands its New Zealand ambitions 12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 6 minutes to read An artist's impresion of Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Image / SpaceX The more we learn about Elon Musk's Starlink, the more ambitious its plans look for New Zealand. And the latest clues have emerged from a chicken-run up north. Starlink - a subsidiary of the Musk-owned SpaceX - is in the process of creating a global broadband network, utilising thousands of satellites, with New Zealand's South Island as one of its testbeds. Read More Over the past couple of days, various players have uncovered different parts of the puzzle - sometimes not being aware of each other's efforts - and a larger picture is beginning to emerge.