{"id":22279,"date":"2022-03-01T21:16:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ukraine-minister-pleads-for-starlink-equipment-from-elon-musk-to-help-in-fight-against-russia-u\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T21:16:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:16:37","slug":"ukraine-minister-pleads-for-starlink-equipment-from-elon-musk-to-help-in-fight-against-russia-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ukraine-minister-pleads-for-starlink-equipment-from-elon-musk-to-help-in-fight-against-russia-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Minister pleads for Starlink equipment from Elon Musk to help in fight against Russia [U]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-7125080057269629&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=2061058783&amp;pi=t.aa~a.3843448772~i.23~rp.4&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783321176&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2022%2F02%2F28%2Fukraine-minister-pleads-for-starlink-equipment%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783321176533&amp;bpp=3&amp;bdt=3116&amp;idt=3&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606290101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dee20989454fe3a9b%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783321012%3AS%3DALNI_Ma_zHTC64Egiec_8HQYi2Rx5xEg8w&amp;gpic=UID%3D000014159597bb56%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783321012%3AS%3DALNI_MaDaRPwkK2fSZM7WKlqA_MSZIQskQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De1bb4dd402f9f648%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783321012%3AS%3DAA-Afjbi-FNlbfsUQCZWSNVtf2-j&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=5831493778506&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1926&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=42532524%2C95395661%2C42533293%2C95393484&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=6065241472934949&amp;tmod=1712058349&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;pgls=CAk.&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=15\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CKSQuvm8vZUDFU5DwgUdkvoOZQ\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, there are two types of Starlink satellites: those with interconnects and those without them. These interconnects allow the satellites to bounce communications between satellites, which means one could reach a ground station outside Ukraine, the closest being in Poland with two more in Germany.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28486\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2022\/02\/28\/ukraine-minister-pleads-for-starlink-equipment\/starlinkgroundstation_germany\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"StarlinkGroundStation_Germany\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" height=\"768\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=350,263 350w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=140,105 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=1333,1000 1333w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/StarlinkGroundStation_Germany.jpg?resize=150,113 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption>Starlink ground station in Germany found by a Reddit member.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX has donated Starlink terminals to governments in the past to help fight wildfires or as a result of national disasters. This would be a new step for the company to intervene and support a country at war, but with a tool as powerful as worldwide internet access, it was bound to happen eventually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX wouldn\u2019t be going against its country if they chose to help. The US Secretary of Defense just authorized another $350 million in assistance to Ukraine to help in its defense. Although this might be a tough ask still for the billionaire to help, we don\u2019t know the technical details to provide coverage to a new area, and it could require SpaceX employees to go into harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-elon-musk-agrees-to-help-ukraine-with-starlink-access\">Elon Musk agrees to help Ukraine with Starlink access<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a reply to Minister Fedorov\u2019s tweet, Musk agreed to help Ukraine by allowing the nation access to Starlink\u2019s service and sending more terminals. How these Starlink terminals will get to nation\u2019s forces under siege is unknown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783321173856855517=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 26, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 48 hours of Elon Musk accepting Ukraine\u2019s plea for Starlink terminals a truckload of them arrived.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 500px; height: 703px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=SethKurk&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1498392515262746630&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2022%2F02%2F28%2Fukraine-minister-pleads-for-starlink-equipment%2F&amp;sessionId=056b1459a04ba136c962e6b6d358b7ede727544e&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1498392515262746630\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, there are two types of Starlink satellites: those with interconnects and those without them. 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