Starlink satellites. (File photo) Photo: Fuerte Gallery
According to an exclusive report by CNN on the 13th local time, Musk’s SpaceX company said it could no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine and asked the Pentagon to pay.
CNN reported that while the “Starlink satellite” terminal plays an important role in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia, the “charity project” may be coming to an end, as SpaceX, which provides the service, warned the Pentagon last month. Building, unless the U.S. military invests monthly, the company may stop funding Uzbekistan’s use of the “Starlink” project.
According to the report, according to a document obtained by the media, SpaceX sent a letter to the Pentagon last month, saying that it could no longer provide funding for the “Starlink” project in Ukraine as before, but asked the U.S. military. bear this cost.
According to SpaceX, the project will cost more than $120 million in Ukraine for the rest of the year and could cost close to $400 million over the next 12 months.
“We can no longer donate further (satellite) terminals to Ukraine, nor can we forever fund existing (satellite) terminals,” a SpaceX government sales executive said in a September letter.
After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the use of the “Starlink” satellite terminal in the Ukrainian military has been widely concerned, and the Russian side has warned about this. According to today’s “Russian Television” website on the 7th of this month, citing the British “Financial Times” report, the interruption of the “Starlink” satellite communication system led to the “catastrophic” loss of contact between the Ukrainian army and the Russian army.
The news has raised concerns that Musk may have taken certain steps against the Ukrainian military in response to Ukraine’s public condemnation of his proposed peace plan, but the SpaceX titan told the Financial Times, the report said. ‘s article is “bad reporting”.
“(This is) bad reporting by the Financial Times. The article falsely claimed that Starlink’s terminals and services were paid when in reality only a small fraction was paid. This action has made SpaceX Spent $80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of this year. As for what is happening on the battlefield, that is classified.” Musk tweeted on Friday (7th).
Musk’s SpaceX says it can no longer pay for critical satellite services in Ukraine, asking the Pentagon to pay.
The outage of the Starlink satellite communication system caused the Ukrainian army to suffer a “catastrophic” loss of contact while fighting the Russian army.
The outage of the Starlink satellite communication system caused the Ukrainian army to suffer a “catastrophic” loss of contact while fighting the Russian army.Figure: Retrieved from the World Wide Web
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