Musk arrived in Bali on Sunday morning and inaugurated the service by Starlink, a wholly owned subsidiary of his aerospace firm SpaceX, at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Denpasar later in the day.

Musk said the satellite internet service would help millions of people connect to the internet from remote parts of the country.

"We are very excited to bring connectivity to places that either have no connectivity or, as you saw in the demonstration, very low-bandwidth connectivity," Musk said at a press briefing after the launch. "So this will be, really, a lifesaver for remote medical clinics.”

He noted that it could also be beneficial for the education sector.

Besides the Puskesmas in Denpasar, Starlink was made available at two other Puskesmas, one in Klungkung, Bali, and the other in the remote Aru Islands regency of Maluku. The clinics held a teleconference with Musk as a trial of the service.

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