Elon Musk Defends Restricting Military Use of Starlink in Ukraine, Cites Possible Escalation of Conflict

Epoch Times ^ | February 13, 2023 | Katabella Roberts

[Irish Eyes]

I had no idea that Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly were brothers .Both of them astronauts.

[familyop]

Musk is from South Africa and has family members there.

Russia, China and South Africa to Conduct Joint Naval Exercises
https://jamestown.org/program/russia-china-and-south-africa-to-conduct-joint-naval-exercises/

[dila813]

I guess no no one is considering space denial, they don’t have to target them all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

[moovova]

There’ll all using StarLink to surf porn anyway.

[Widget Jr]

What is hopefully happening, is the more equipment Ukraine gets, the less Starlink is needed. This war is a exception to military communications kept separate from civilian networks. That may be changing.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Good for him.

[SauronOfMordor]

Russia does not have to target each satellite individually. If they put a ton of steel balls in the orbital plane they can take out a bunch.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

SauronofMordor: [Russia does not have to target each satellite individually. If they put a ton of steel balls in the orbital plane they can take out a bunch.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome]

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Shielding is becoming a factor in keeping satellites from debris damage:

https://wccftech.com/starlink-responds-to-nasa-concerns-shares-key-safety-features-such-as-ducking/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield

[Chainmail]

"SauronofMordor: [Russia does not have to target each satellite individually. If they put a ton of steel balls in the orbital plane they can take out a bunch."

Brilliant: that way they can take out all of their satellites and the Chinese satellites too.

Nothing like shooting yourself while shooting at everyone else to solve your problems! Space debris doesn't care who it hits..

[SauronOfMordor]

Musk’s satellites are in low orbits to minimize transmission lag. Their satellites are probably slightly higher.

[familyop]

Musk’s Starlink satellites accelerating development of drone warfare
C4ISRNet
By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo
February 14, 2023
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/02/14/musks-starlink-satellites-accelerating-development-of-drone-warfare/

“Such matters are also challenging considering that SpaceX has not only received significant subsidies from the U.S. government, but that the U.S. Agency for International Development reportedly also paid the company to send over 1,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine.”

[Chainmail]

"Musk’s satellites are in low orbits to minimize transmission lag. Their satellites are probably slightly higher."

Possibly. But how many Soyuz crews will be willing to traverse that flight level to get to where they're going?

Space trash at 25,000 MPH will make a mark.