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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Nadeem Badshah

Elon Musk’s satellites to be part of UK trial to get internet to remote areas

A composite of long exposure images showing Starlink satellites passing over north west London in 2020.
A composite of long exposure images showing Starlink satellites passing over north west London in 2020. Photograph: Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News/Alamy Live News.

Elon Musk’s satellite Starlink technology is to be part of a UK government trial to get better internet connectivity to remote parts of the country.

The technology, which uses more than 3,000 low Earth orbit small satellites to beam a broadband signal and is operated by the firm SpaceX, will initially be trialled at three remote locations – Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire Moors national park, Wasdale Head in the Lake District and two sites within Snowdonia national park, the government said.

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