A cargo of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite tv for pc antennas, often known as terminals, arriving in Ukraine.
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WASHINGTON – SpaceX has despatched “1000’s” of Starlink satellite tv for pc web kits to Ukraine, firm President Gwynne Shotwell advised CNBC on Tuesday.
Elon Musk’s area firm began sending Ukraine shipments of Starlink satellite kits – which include an antenna, a mounting tripod and a Wi-Fi router – shortly after Russia invaded. Ukrainians can use the Starlink kits to attach on to SpaceX’s community in orbit, with the corporate having launched about 2,000 satellites thus far.
“I am proud that we have been in a position to present the terminals to people in Ukraine. It has been enormously useful, I believe, to make sure individuals are nonetheless speaking,” Shotwell stated throughout a panel on the Satellite tv for pc 2022 convention in Washington, D.C.
Musk had Starlink terminals sent to Ukraine after Ukrainian official Mykhailo Fedorov requested the CEO for assist whereas Russia’s assaults have been disrupting web service within the nation.
Shotwell, who spoke to CNBC after the panel, didn’t have a extra particular complete on the variety of dishes the corporate has shipped to Ukraine. She added that many of the funding for the Starlink kits has come from personal sources, however added that “France helped” and “I believe Poland helps.”
“I do not suppose the U.S. has given us any cash to provide terminals to the Ukraine,” Shotwell stated.
The French and Polish embassies within the U.S. didn’t instantly reply to CNBC requests for remark.
