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EU to help Ukraine replace Musk’s Starlink (www.politico.eu)

submitted 5 months ago by StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org to c/world@quokk.au

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The European Commission is figuring out how it could help Ukraine secure satellite communication capacity in the wake of Elon Musk reportedly threatening to pull Kyiv's access to his Starlink network. Space-based communication systems are a critical tool for Ukraine, but it remains unclear whether Musk will continue to offer Starlink as the war grinds on. Ukraine said last year it has about 42,000 Starlink terminals in operation in the country; about half are financed by Poland.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They could use spacex to launch their own. Last I checked spacex liked money.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

This is true; Bezos’s scheme is doing that. Better than doing nothing while they come up with a high frequency rocket of their own.