CNN: Ukraine suffered a comms outage when 1,300 SpaceX satellite units went offline over funding issues
Washington CNN — Ukraine’s fears that its troops may lose access to Elon Musk’s crucial Starlink internet service deepened in the past week after 1,300 of the military’s satellite units went offline, according to two sources familiar with the outage.
The small, easy-to-use satellite dishes made by Musk’s private rocket company SpaceX have been universally hailed as a game-changing source of communication for Ukraine’s military, allowing it to fight and stay online even as cellular phone and internet networks have been destroyed in its war with Russia.
But concerns have risen recently over the dependability of SpaceX after discussions about funding were revealed and outages were reported near the frontlines.
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WNU Editor: The Ukraine government is looking for alternatives to Elon Musk’s Starlink .... Ukraine government is seeking alternatives to Elon Musk’s Starlink, vice PM says (CNBC).
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Private corporations (PMC's aside) like Microsoft and SpaceX involving themselves in a hybrid war as belligerents is a significant step in further removing Congress and the electorate from the equation of warfare. I don't think anyone in Congress even thinks about such things anymore.
so what's the skinny? Russkies or Muskie?
interesting point. It makes one think companies will eventually rule
What alternatives are there? If Putin wishes to disable free market satellites and expects to walk away unaffected, he's opening a VERY large and stinky can of worms.
I think you misread the article. 1,300 base stations with frontline troops were shut off due to their subscription running out. Putin didn't attack anything in orbit.
I was going off of the "satellite units over the Ukraine" from the headline. I am eager to know how it will be done, if indeed it ever is done during this conflict.
The headline is intentionally misleading I believe. CNN's modus operandi.
Not sure it's possible... shooting one giant old sat in one thibg, how do you take out 1000 tiny ones? Without creating a wall of space debris, and I mean..
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