Elon Musk says Starlink is active in Ukraine amid internet disruptions

Fox Business ^ | 02/27/2022 | Paul Best

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday evening that the company's Starlink satellites are now active in Ukraine to alleviate some of the connectivity challenges the country is facing amid the Russia invasion.

Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov appealed to Musk on Saturday morning, saying that while his "rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people!"

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Elon Musk to the rescue. Great example of what private enterprises can do in a state of emergency.

Thank You Elon Musk for your help!

If only Elon had paid his fair . . .

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Musk paid over $16 billion in taxes last year.

[srmanuel]

It’s one thing to turn on the service to Ukraine, I wonder how they are going to get the terminals into Ukraine and in sufficient numbers to provide meaningful help.

[Prov1322]

It’s one thing to turn on the service to Ukraine, I wonder how they are going to get the terminals into Ukraine and in sufficient numbers to provide meaningful help.

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Thought the same thing when I saw this. These Starlink terminals are $500/each here in the US.

Is he “drop shipping” them? I wonder if the satellites are programmed for a type of “open WiFi” for situations like this for those with no terminal?

[beef]

I suppose it takes longer than 10 hours to organize a bunch of mercenaries to smuggle them in.

[srmanuel]

I could be mistaken but I think the routers are basic and anyone would work, it’s the dish portion I’m wondering about that locates and then moves in order to send/receive the signals from the satellites overhead.

[srmanuel]

I’m wondering given the situation would getting a few dozen satellite terminals smuggled into Ukraine or a few dozen anti-tank weapons be more helpful.

[dsrtsage]

Well, that ought to attract the ire of Bidens and the democrats. They will surely retaliate by denying launch permits in Texas or something