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On September 30, 2022, the Ukrainian army was poised to score a massive military victory against Russia, but reportedly fearing a Russian nuclear retaliation, Elon Musk decided to determine
A rare global interruption in the Starlink satellite Internet network knocked subscribers offline for more than two hours on Thursday, the longest widespread outage since SpaceX opened the service to consumers nearly five years ago.
Starlink faced a global outage on July 24. This disrupted Ukrainian military communication during the conflict with Russia. Elon Musk's Starlink is crucial for Ukraine after infrastructure damage. The outage impacted military and civilian sectors.
Tens of thousands of people across the globe have been impacted by the Starlink outage, which has prevented users in multiple countries from accessing the internet
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Ilon Musk nearly thwarted a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the fall of 2022 by restricting the operation of Starlink satellite terminals in parts of Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters on Friday, July 25.
Canada and the European Union are both reconsidering reliance on Starlink, with Ontario cancelling a $100 million deal over such concerns.
China’s biggest networks have deployed less than 1 percent of their planned satellites, falling far behind SpaceX for dominance in space communications.