SpaceX will deorbit some of its older Starlink internet satellites in order to reduce the number of potentially dangerous spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The company just announced that 100 Version 1 Starlink satellites will be deorbited over the next weeks and months in the name of space sustainability. SpaceX posted a statement to X […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli government said on Wednesday it has approved the use of Starlink satellite services in a field hospital in the war-battered Gaza Strip, and in Israel for the first time. “The Israeli security authorities approved the provision of Starlink services at the UAE’s field hospital operating in Rafah,” the Communications Ministry said […]
Starlink terminals are being sold on Russian trading platforms, “specially designed” for use in the war in Ukraine, allowing operation in Russia-occupied Ukrainian territories and communication conducted “through an EU country,” Russian publication Vazhnye Istorii reported on Feb. 12. Journalists, posing as Russian volunteers, contacted three online platforms where Starlink can be purchased, the publication said. Sellers indicated that the […]
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces in occupied Ukraine are using Starlink terminals produced by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX for satellite internet in what is beginning to look like their “systemic” application, Kyiv’s main military intelligence agency said on Sunday. The terminals were rushed in to help Ukraine after Russia’s February 2022 invasion and have been vital to […]
According to Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, sanctioned Starlink satellite communication systems are sold in the Russian Federation through third parties, but work is still being done to “neutralise this threat.” Source: Andrii Yusov, representative of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: “Russia continues to engage in so-called parallel […]
Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has initiated measures to counter the use of smuggled Starlink terminals by the Russian military on the front line, the agency’s spokesman Andriy Yusov said on national television on Feb. 12. “Russia continues to engage in what is commonly known as parallel importation, or essentially smuggling through intermediary countries,” said […]
Businessman Elon Musk on Feb. 11 said that his SpaceX company sold no Starlink terminals to Russia, directly or indirectly. He said this in response to several media outlets and Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) reporting that Russia uses Starlink terminals on the front line in Ukraine. “A number of false news reports claim that […]
Elon Musk denied Ukrainian claims that Russians are using Starlink. Musk said that Starlink is inoperable in Russia. Both Musk and Starlink did not clarify if the technology could be used in Russian-occupied regions. Elon Musk on Sunday said Ukraine’s assessment that Russians are using Starlink in their ongoing war is “false.” Earlier on Sunday, […]
Ukrainian military intelligence claims Russia is using Starlink terminals in occupied Ukraine. It said it confirmed the Starlink use by intercepting radio communications of a Russian unit in Donetsk. Starlink says it does not deal with Russia’s government or military. Russia is using Starlink terminals in occupied parts of Ukraine, Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) has claimed. […]
Russian forces in occupied Ukraine are using Starlink terminals produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for satellite internet in what is beginning to look like their “systemic” application, Kyiv’s main military intelligence agency said on Sunday. The terminals were rushed in to help Ukraine after Russia’s February 2022 invasion and have been vital to Kyiv’s battlefield […]
Russia has Starlink terminals and is increasingly using them on the front line in Ukraine, Ukrainian military intelligence confirmed on Feb. 11. The statement came after multiple media reported that Russian troops have access to Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine. Along with the confirmation, the military intelligence published a clip from an intercepted phone call, […]
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday evening (Feb. 8), weather permitting. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday no earlier than 8:17 p.m. EST (5:17 p.m. local California time or 0117 GMT on […]