{"id":70885,"date":"2025-08-15T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70885\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:53:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:53:29","slug":"the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70885\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bbfigstar-3d90fb47f3ae77e97df6b58b096775ec55656580.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/06\/27\/bbfigstar-3d90fb47f3ae77e97df6b58b096775ec55656580.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" class=\"img\" alt=\"An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        YASUYOSHI CHIBA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>            <img data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/06\/27\/bbfigstar-3d90fb47f3ae77e97df6b58b096775ec55656580.jpg?s=2600&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" alt=\"An antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            YASUYOSHI CHIBA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re watching Love Island in an RV or streaming a playlist in a remote California campground, if you&#8217;re using satellite internet, odds are you&#8217;re using Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink.<\/p>\n<p>Today on the show, we learn how Starlink got such a big lead in the satellite market and if it can stay ahead of the European Union, China, and, of course, Jeff Bezos. <\/p>\n<p>Related episodes: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/05\/30\/1178958051\/elons-giant-rocket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elon&#8217;s giant rocket<\/a> <br \/>Why I joined DOGE (<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/why-i-joined-doge\/id290783428?i=1000712821405\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0YdH6PZm33w40uqTiGI0qQ?si=_49QjadAQIyq72oVeZpoNQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plus.npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fact-checking by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/g-s1-26724\/sierra-juarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra Juarez<\/a>. 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