How Is Elon Musk's Starlink Service Working Out In Ukraine?
  • 2 years ago
A Ukrainian engineer has said Elon Musk-led SpaceX's Starlink service was providing "really good (internet) connectivity" in the country, which is under attack from neighboring Russia, The Verge reported on Tuesday. Oleg Kutkov, a software and communications engineer based in Kyiv, had bought a Starlink dish from eBay ($EBAY@US) a few months ago but was not able to use it as there was no service in the country then. On Monday, Kutkov connected to the service in his second attempt and found it worked well. Starlink is a SpaceX venture designed to beam down high-speed internet, especially in remote areas including war-ravaged regions. Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov had on Saturday made a direct plea to Musk via Twitter ($TWTR@US), asking the billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla ($TSLA@US) to provide Starlink stations. Musk agreed to the request that same day, tweeting, "Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route." Fedorov on Tuesday tweeted to show a military truck carrying a cargo of Starlink terminals. Starlink is known to have launched over 2,000 satellites and hopes to more than double that by 2024. The Federal Communications Commission has approved more satellites to be launched by Starlink.
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