When Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at SpaceX founder Elon Musk appealed to Starlink’s network services amid Russia’s invasion, billions of dollars were raised – with the help of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Says a new one USAID Publications (opens on new page)the government-private company sent 5,000 Starlink terminals in the country, whose towns are attacked by Russian troops from February.
USAID has said the terminals will provide Ukraine with “unlimited data integration,” opening up conversations for the government and citizens alike, “even if Putin’s brutal crackdown separates the fiber optic connections or electrical connections.
Select: Elon Musk, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service provider in Ukraine with more terminals on the road, said
@elonmusk, while you’re trying to colonize Mars – Russia is trying to occupy Ukraine! While your bullets are landing safely from the sky – the Russian bullets are aimed at the Ukrainian civilians! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink servers and talk to the good Russians to stand.February 26, 2022
Joey Roulette is the novelist tweeted Wednesday (opens on new page) Most of the terminals – 3,667, to be exact – and the connected network service provided directly by SpaceX at a cost of “about $ 10 million,” with USAID buying the remaining 1,333 terminals. These numbers come from a previous USAID release date; The new release does not provide credit for only about 5,000 Starlink terminals provided by a public-private company.
Roulette also said to any tweet (opens on new page) France and Poland have made donations to Starlink ships in Ukraine, citing an initial conversation with SpaceX president and general manager Gwynne Shotwell. The USAID announcement only applies to the American company, however.
Fedorov before ask for help (opens on new page) and Feb. 26, and the first shipment of Starlink terminals arrived two days later – an amazing logistical feat. But that’s what SpaceX got is in the process of taking over Ukraine for six weeks at that time, beginning work before the Russian invasion, and simply waiting for permission to enter the country.
SpaceX’s Starlink program is designed to provide low -altitude satellite service to remote locations around the world through its ever -growing constellation of satellites in low orbit Earth, launching the satellite in a single location. a week or two in 2022.
Ukraine is not SpaceX’s first humanitarian mission. For example, the aerospace company dispatched Starlink servers to the Pacific island of Tonga after the volcano ended communication services there in Dec. 20, 2021.
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