India, May 26 -- The Centre is reportedly prioritising national safeguards as global satcom players like Elon Musk-owned Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper are seeking entry into the Indian market.

An ET report, citing officials close to the matter, said that among the measures that the government is planning include setting up of a satcom monitoring facility, with an outlay of INR 900 Cr (around $106 Mn), to track domestic and international satellites operating on Indian skies .

This facility will reserve orbital and spectrum resources for upcoming Indian satellites, especially NGSO (non-geostationary orbit), with a favourable ecosystem to set up gateways in the country that would primarily serve local and global operations, the report added...