JAKARTA, May 16 (Reuters) - Tycoon Elon Musk, the owner

of SpaceX, is scheduled to visit Indonesia to launch its

satellite unit Starlink this Sunday, according to two cabinet

ministers.

Minister Luhut Pandjaitan, a close ally of President Joko

Widodo, said Musk would launch the service on the holiday island

of Bali alongside the Indonesian leader.

While Indonesian officials have several times previously

announced Musk would visit the country to attend events or

discuss possible investments by his auto firm Tesla,

this would be his first in-person visit.

He has spoken before via video link at a conference held in

Indonesia.

Musk is also scheduled to speak at the World Water Forum in

Bali, Luhut said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

The Starlink launch will be held at a clinic in Bali's

capital Denpasar, where Musk was scheduled to sign an agreement

on connectivity for the health sector, Communications Minister

Budi Arie Setiadi told Reuters on Thursday.

Starlink's Indonesia representatives could not immediately

be reached for confirmation of the Musk visit and the company

did not immediately respond to an email sent outside of U.S.

business hours.

Starlink secured a permit to commercially offer its internet

services in Indonesia earlier this month for retail consumers,

Budi told Reuters last week.

Starlink will cooperate with local network access providers

and Indonesia expects the firm to provide internet services to

its remote areas.