Starlink internet service in Ukraine

[ad_1] SpaceX is losing about $20 mn a month providing its Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine, CEO Elon Musk said. SpaceX is losing about $20 million a month providing its Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Twitter. The company isn't receiving any money from the US Department of Defense for providing the service, “but we'll keep doing it,” Musk said in response to a user on Twitter, adding that several other countries, organizations and people are paying for terminals. Musk backed down from demands for funding Starlink on the weekend, having previously told the Pentagon that the company couldn't indefinitely fund the system that's helped Ukraine combat Russia's invasion. Withdrawing support of Starlink threatene...

[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a Saturday tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk's tone and wording also raised the possibility that the irascible Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. Musk frequently tweets jokes and insults and sometimes goes on unusual tangents, such as a recent series of tweets suggesting that one of his companies has begun selling its own line of fragrances. It is not clear if SpaceX has actually established future plans for service in Ukraine. On Friday, senior U.S. officials confirmed that Musk had officially asked the Defense Department to take over funding for the service Starlink provides in Ukraine. Starlink, which provides broadband internet service using mor...

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