Elon Musk: Europe to get Starlink as early as February, more U.S. invites coming soon

SpaceX's satellite-based, broadband internet service Starlink will soon be available to a lot more people. 

The company's CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Monday that "several thousand more Starlink beta participation invitations" are coming this week.

This is only for U.S. customers, however. But in answer to a couple of questions from other Twitter users, Musk said that Starlink might become available in Europe early next year. 

"As soon as we get country approval. This is required for each country individually, as no EU-wide approval system exists. Probably start receiving final (there are many steps) approvals around Feb/March," he tweeted.  Read more...