Billionaire Elon Musk said Saturday that his company and the Starlink satellites are now active over Ukraine.
“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine,” Musk said on Twitter. “More terminals en route.”
Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2022
Elon did this in reply to a Ukrainian government official who had sent a tweet and asked Musk to provide internet access to the country via Starlink. The call came after widespread internet outages had rolled throughout Ukraine as Russia invaded.
Starlink is a space-based internet which SpaceX has been building for years. The original intent and designed was to bring internet access to underserved areas throughout the world. There are nearly 2,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth more than 340 miles from the earth’s surface.
