Starlink satellite antennae plan divides Swiss village

Plans to install 40 Starlink antennae in the Swiss village of Leuk is meeting with local resistance and concern. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Elon Musk's United States space company SpaceX, which owns Starlink, announced at the beginning of June its plans to build 40 antennae in Leuk. The facilities are to be erected on a site above the village, where several large satellite dishes are already installed. The German company Signalhorn submitted a corresponding application for commercial communications services in May. In Leuk, people are sceptical about this plan, as an information event organized by Signalhorn clearly demonstrated. Over 100 people attended on Wednesday. "We were shocked when we learned about the planning application," explained Hanna Schnyder from Leuk after the public discussion. The doctor is primarily concerned about health and refers to a WHO study from May 2025. "This study concluded that there is no all-clear when it comes to ...