Elon Musk sends internet to Ukraine via Starlink satellites
Summary
Alp Toker, Director of NetBlocks, told Reuters: “We currently observe national connectivity at 87% of ordinary levels, a figure that reflects service disruptions as well as population flight and the shuttering of homes and businesses since the morning of the 24th.” Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, asked Musk for help, to which Musk sent the necessary equipment needed to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service. More terminals en route.” Fedorov shared an image of the satellite dishes once they had arrived. However, John Scott-Railton, a Senior Researcher at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab project, has tweeted a warning that these could become a target for airstrikes. The Starlink system uses multiple, advanced satellites that orbit Earth at approximately 550km. They work by sending information through the vacuum of space, where it can travel faster compared to in fibre-optic cables and can reach more people and more areas.