Municipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture, hit hard by a powerful earthquake and heavy rain in 2024, plan to install equipment at disaster evacuation centers for access to SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications service, people familiar with the matter said Monday.
Municipal officials think that the service is effective in securing communication methods in the early days of a disaster because it allows many people to access a large amount of information simultaneously.
The Starlink system, which employs thousands of low-orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet access even to remote areas, was fully used in disaster relief for the first time following the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024.
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