Chinese rival to Elon Musk's Starlink strikes deal to enter Brazil

SpaceSail pact with Telebras coincides with Xi Jinping's visit to country

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A Starlink satellite internet system is set up on a miner's boat on the Madeira River in Porto Velho, Brazil, in July 2024. © Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -- China's low Earth orbit satellite company SpaceSail, which aims to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink, signed an agreement to enter the Brazilian market, the company said on Wednesday, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Brasilia.

SpaceSail signed a memorandum with Brazilian state telecom Telebras to provide satellite communications and broadband Internet services to the Latin American country.

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