Opponents have submitted a petition with 14,550 signatures in Bern urging the Swiss government to stop the project to build 40 Starlink satellite antennas in Leuk, canton Valais. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The project would create a "dangerous geopolitical dependence", said the organisations Campax and "Protection against satellite radiation in the Leuk region". The petition is addressed to Swiss Defence Minister Martin Pfister. Threat to data sovereignty The campaigners denounce a threat to Switzerland's data sovereignty, claiming Starlink is not neutral. The satellite internet business is developed by SpaceX, Elon Musk's space company. The Starlink antennas are planned to be installed in inhabited areas and in the Pfyn-Finges nature park in canton Valais with a transmission power significantly higher than that of conventional mobile phone antennas. The municipality of Leuk granted the building permit in November 2025. An appeal has been filed with ...
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Published on May 22, 2026
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