As Elon Musk's SpaceX abandoned its low-cost internet project Starlink in the
nation, satellite internet provider Hughes Communications India on Monday
announced the commercial launch of India's first high-throughput satellite
(HTS) broadband service powered by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The service intends to connect enterprise and governmental networks by
providing high-speed internet across the entire nation, particularly in the
most distant regions that are outside the range of terrestrial networks.
According to Dr. S. Somnath, Secretary of the Department of Space and