Elon Musk's Starlink wins Pentagon contract for satellite services to Ukraine

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Musk had earlier said that his SpaceX company could not afford to fund Starlink in Ukraine indefinitely. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Department of Defence contract to buy those satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Starlink has been used by Ukrainian troops in a variety of ways, including for battlefield communications, asSpaceX, through private donations and under a separate contract with a US foreign aid agency, has been providing Ukrainians and the country’s military with Starlink Internet service, a fast-growing network of more than 4,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, since the beginning of the war in 2022.

 

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