However, Singh noted that the US, Ukraine and their allies are “thinking” of solutions from other telecoms companies. Singh confirmed that the Pentagon had received a letter from SpaceX warning it to stop funding Starlink’s operations in Ukraine. She also added that the US Department of Defense has a “well-established relationship” with SpaceX, including because the company has won defense-related space travel contracts.
Musk suspends Starlink funding in Ukraine
Let us remind you that CNN first announced the company last month SpaceX has warned the Pentagon that it may stop donating Starlink satellite services to Ukraine, Unless The United States will start paying tens of millions of dollars a monthTo maintain vital communications services in a war-torn country.
Elon Musk asked for it The Pentagon took over funding for the use of Starlink satellites from the Kyiv government and the Ukrainian militaryWhich, according to SpaceX, will cost more $120 million by the end of the year And the Nearly $400 million for the next 12 months.
In a letter sent to the US government in September, the company said that we cannot resend stations to Ukraine or fund existing stations indefinitely.
Although Musk has not suggested that Starlink stop operating in Ukraine overnight, the matter remains controversial. The regime serves this country for defense purposes. Bloomberg reports that according to Musk, Starlink stations there use about 100 times more data than the average household.
Ukraine has 20,000 stations, delivered and paid for, incl. By USAID, Poland, the European Union and private companies. More than half of it was financed by Poland, incl. By buying 5 thousand. These devices are made by PKN Orlen. According to Janusz Cieszyński, the government’s commissioner for cybersecurity, SpaceX has “promised to cover the full cost of the service” for all the hardware Orlen purchased.
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Mikhailo Podolak, Adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, He declared that Ukraine would “find a different solution.””, an alternative to Starlink. In turn, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Minister for Digital Transformation, emphasized that the system is free for this country – although he noted that arrangements between Musk and US and EU authorities may be different.
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