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The Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of the Ukrainian flag displayed in this illustration taken on February 27, 2022. (Reuters)
Starlink has been used by Ukrainian troops for a variety of endeavors, including battlefield communications.
SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite communications service launched by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Defense Department contract to buy those satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon said Thursday.
“We continue to work with a range of global partners to ensure that Ukraine has the resilient satellite and communications capabilities it needs. Satellite communications are an integral part of Ukraine’s overall communications network,” the Pentagon said in a statement. critical layer and the department contracts with Starlink for these types of services.
Starlink has been used by Ukrainian troops for a variety of endeavors, including battlefield communications.
SpaceX, through private donations and under a separate contract with a US foreign aid agency, is providing Ukrainians and the country’s military with Starlink Internet service, a rapidly growing network of more than 4,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Is. War in 2022.
The Pentagon contract is a boon for SpaceX after Musk, the company’s CEO, said in October that he could not indefinitely fund Starlink in Ukraine, an effort he spent $20 million a month to maintain. .
Russia has tried to cut off and jam Internet services in Ukraine, including attempts to block Starlink in the region, though SpaceX has countered those attacks by hardening the service’s software.
The Pentagon did not disclose the terms of the contract, which Bloomberg reported earlier on Thursday, “due to operational security reasons and the critical nature of these systems.”
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