Elon Musk activates free SpaceX Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine

SpaceX founder and billionaire Elon Musk provides free satellite Internet service in Ukraine through Starlink’s company as Russia invades the country and causes power outages.

Starlink is a growing network of small satellites that was SpaceX manufactured from 2018 to provide broadband Internet access worldwide. On Monday, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, uploaded to Twitter that a truck full of Starlink terminals had arrived in Ukraine after requesting them.

Fedorov had appealed to Musk in a tweet On Saturday, he asked him to extend Starlink high-speed broadband internet services to the besieged country, rhetorically noting that “as you try to colonize Mars – Russia tries to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets land successfully from space – the Russians “Missiles are attacking Ukrainian civilians!”

Musk apparently agreed, tweeting on Saturday that the Starlink service was active in Ukraine and also agreed to send more Starlink terminals to expand the country’s bandwidth.

“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals on the way,” Musk uploaded to Twitter.

Russian invading troops have disrupted Ukraine’s Internet infrastructure, rendering the service unreliable and unreliable in parts of the country.

Starlink, which the site describes as “ideal for rural and remote communities” and other sites where Internet connections were historically unavailable, is expected to be more reliable than ground-based systems that are currently down.

A Starlink terminal costs $ 499. The system was recently used to restore communications in remote villages in Tonga following a volcanic eruption. caused a tsunamiinterrupting internet service.