Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has just activated a satellite network in Ukraine. The decision comes as the country has experienced a by Russia, which has disrupted its. Ukrainian government official Mykhailo Fedorov made the request of a space-based communications network and tweeted about it. He also urged Musk to make the Starlink service available to Ukraine.
Musk’s SpaceX plans to take thousands of Starlink satellites into orbit, creating an internet-service constellation that would work as a low-cost alternative to remote land-based systems that are vulnerable to interruption. The billionaire previously donated 50 satellite terminals to restore the internet in Tonga, whose telecommunications network was severely disrupted by a tsunami this year.
Source https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-27/musk-activates-starlink-satellites-in-response-to-ukraine-plea?srnd=technology-vp
