Moreno meets with Elon Musk's SpaceX on satellites

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In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, Elon Musk, founder, CEO, and lead designer of SpaceX, speaks at a news conference after the Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket launched successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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MANILA, Philippines — Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno disclosed Thursday that the City Council of Manila authorized him to negotiate with the company of American billionaire Elon Musk for the purchase of Starlink low-orbit satellites. 

 

“I hope we can avail of Starlink low-orbit satellite soonest. The best success story is in Ukraine when Elon Musk deployed a number of satellites in that country after its internet connectivity was destroyed by Russian forces...Hopefully, we can use this in the entire country,” Moreno said in a press conference in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. 

 

Moreno was referring to City Council Resolution No. 46 which authorizes Mayor Domagoso “to negotiate and/or enter into a contract with SpaceX Enterprise for the use of Starlink, the world’s most advance broadband internet system in the City of Manila.”

 

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