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Ukraine's Starlink satellite speeds restored after a week of front-line disruption
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KYIV, Ukraine >> Ukraine said today the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations and intensified tensions with the U.S.
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Lawmakers from both parties are calling for investigations into reports that Starlink service used by Ukrainian forces was restricted, potentially disrupting military operations. Elon Musk blamed the Trump administration, while President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied orderin…
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - President Trump said he "wasn't involved" in a slowdown of SpaceX satellite service used by Ukraine's military, a day after the Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk ordered it.
Top Trump administration officials are starting to point fingers squarely at SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the decision to slow down his company’s Starlink satellite internet services and its military counterpart Starshield for Ukraine, which has been muddled in uncertainty over the culprit.
Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman, wrote an important article this morning. In it, he decried Elon Musk and his decision to take down Ukraine’s access to Starlink, which allows the country to protect itself from Russian attacks through drone technology.
President Donald Trump spoke to SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on his company’s Starlink satellite system, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
President Donald Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Starlink, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing U.S. officials.
President Trump called Elon Musk on Wednesday to ask him to fully reverse any limits to crucial internet services provided by Musk's SpaceX — following a week of mystery and conflicting reports as to what happened to slow down Ukraine's US-provided battlefield connections.
"Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Rubio, Hegseth point finger at Musk in Starlink slowdown Top Trump administration officials are starting to point fingers squarely at Elon Musk for the decision to slow down his company’s Starlink satellite internet services and its military counterpart S…
President Trump wouldn’t say Thursday whether he was the one who called SpaceX founder Elon Musk to restore Starlink for Ukraine. “Well, I don’t want to say but I know it was a very interesting situation,” he told reporters before departing the White House.
While some tests showed the drones could maintain signals while flying at 124 mph over the Black Sea, which was an improvement, the drones often lost the signal once flying above 100 mph, according to the Ukrainian official.
US president says Starshield military communications system is back, but declines to comment on whether he spoke to Musk on the matter. What we know on day 1,703 Donald Trump has claimed that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk fully restored Ukraine’s Starlink access , restrictions on which have hampered Ukraine’…
