“Starlink service is now energetic in Ukraine,” Musk tweeted, including “extra terminals en route.”
@FedorovMykhailo Starlink service is now energetic in Ukraine. Extra terminals en route.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 1645914834000
The tweet got here some 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov urged Musk to offer Starlink providers to Ukraine, days after it was invaded by neighboring Russia.
“Whilst you attempt to colonize Mars — Russia attempt to occupy Ukraine! Whereas your rockets efficiently land from house — Russian rockets assault Ukrainian civil individuals! We ask you to offer Ukraine with Starlink stations,” Fedorov tweeted at Musk.
He additionally known as on the billionaire “to deal with sane Russians to face” towards their authorities’s invasion.
Web monitor NetBlocks mentioned Ukraine has seen a “collection of serious disruptions to web service” since Thursday, when Russia launched navy operations within the nation.
Starlink operates a constellation of greater than 2,000 satellites that purpose to offer web entry throughout the planet.
The corporate on Friday launched an additional 50 Starlink satellites and lots of extra are slated to be put into Earth‘s orbit.