{"id":506,"date":"2022-03-02T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/elon-musks-promised-starlink-terminals-have-reached-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:22:08","slug":"elon-musks-promised-starlink-terminals-have-reached-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/elon-musks-promised-starlink-terminals-have-reached-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s promised Starlink terminals have reached Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/2\/28\/22955339\/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine-user-terminals-russia-invasion<\/a>
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SpaceX sent a truck full of Starlink user terminals to Ukraine, according to an image tweeted by the country\u2019s vice prime minister<\/a>, who had asked CEO Elon Musk for assistance during <\/strong>Russia\u2019s invasion. Over the weekend, Mykhailo Fedorov tweeted at Musk<\/a>, asking him to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations. In response, Musk said that the satellite internet service had been activated for the country and that more terminals were on their way. Today, it seems that promise has been fulfilled, with Musk responding to Fedorov\u2019s latest tweet<\/a>, \u201cYou are most welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

As fighting continues in Ukrainian cities<\/a>, there have been concerns that there could be cyberattacks on critical internet infrastructure, which could make it harder for news to leave the country or for people to contact loved ones. These fears were heightened following some partial outages<\/a> that occurred last week. <\/p>\n

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Fedorov\u2019s tweet on Monday announcing that the dishes had arrived.<\/em><\/figcaption>Source: Twitter<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n

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Fedorov\u2019s tweet over the weekend, requesting Musk\u2019s aid.<\/em><\/figcaption>Source: Twitter<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n

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In order to tap into the Starlink system, consumers must have a user terminal \u2014 a white flat dish that SpaceX sells directly to customers<\/a>. With a clear view of the sky<\/a>, the dishes can send and receive signals from any active Starlink <\/strong>satellites that are overhead. It\u2019s these terminals that have been shipped to Ukraine, though it\u2019s unclear from the photo how many there are. <\/p>\n

Much of the infrastructure that powers satellite internet exists in space, though there is still plenty of equipment on the ground. In order to provide internet access, satellites must be able to communicate with gateways, fixed ground stations on Earth that are connected to existing fiber-optic cables. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s still a <\/strong>possibility of technical issues or cyberattacks on satellite internet like Starlink \u2014 another satellite ISP says it\u2019s experiencing disruptions in the country, thanks to a \u201ccyber event,\u201d according to a CNBC report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starlink is SpaceX\u2019s ambitious internet-from-space initiative, aimed at launching tens of thousands of satellites to low Earth orbit to provide broadband internet coverage to the ground below. So far, the company has nearly 2,000 active satellites in orbit<\/a>. In January, SpaceX claimed during a launch livestream that it had 145,000 active users<\/a>, and Musk implied in a February<\/a> tweet that SpaceX has more than 250,000 user terminals in production.<\/p>\n

Now that the dishes have arrived in Ukraine, it\u2019s unclear exactly how they will be used or distributed, though one Twitter user<\/a> posted a screenshot claiming to be using the service in Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s capital. The antennas do need unimpeded access to the sky, which may be difficult in a warzone. Additionally, the locations of SpaceX\u2019s gateways aren\u2019t explicitly public info, but internet sleuths on Reddit have found some, including one in Ukraine\u2019s neighbor Poland<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Despite many customers having their Starlink orders delayed<\/a> in the past year, some members of the Starlink subreddit have said<\/a> they\u2019d be willing to wait longer<\/a> if it could help people in Ukraine. Others have asked if they\u2019d be able to send their personal terminals to the country<\/a>. It\u2019s debatable how practical (or even feasible) these goodwill gestures would be, but it\u2019s another example of people being willing to come together to support Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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