MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – fifteenth October, 2022) US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk stated on Saturday that Russia is attempting to “kill” Starlink satellite tv for pc companies in Ukraine, and the system might cease working whatever the invested sources in its safety.
“Starlink is only comms (communications) system still working at warfront – others all dead. Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink. To safeguard, SpaceX has diverted massive resources towards defense. Even so, Starlink may still die,” Musk stated in a tweet.
SpaceX notified the US Defense Department in September that it might now not donate its Starlink companies to Ukraine and requested that the US authorities fund it as an alternative. According to SpaceX report, the corporate has spent greater than $120 million donating its Starlink companies to Ukraine this yr and expects it might price about $400 million to proceed offering these companies subsequent yr.
Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh stated on Friday that the US Defense Department is “in communication” with SpaceX relating to the Starlink satellite tv for pc companies for Ukraine.
The spokesperson added that the US might associate with different satellite tv for pc communications (SATCOM) entities moreover SpaceX so as to present Ukraine with crucial companies.
Starlink is a subsequent era satellite tv for pc community designed to offer broadband web entry the world over. SpaceX launched the undertaking in February 2018. As of September, Musk introduced that Starlink satellite tv for pc web supplier is now obtainable on each continent.
On February 26, Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov requested Musk to offer Ukraine with Starlink stations and entry to satellite tv for pc web. Immediately after, Musk confirmed that the Starlink service was energetic in Ukraine and promised to ship extra terminals to the nation. SpaceX has launched greater than 2,300 Starlink satellites into orbit.
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