The founder and CEO of SpaceX, Elon Muskannounced on Saturday (26) that internet satellites starlink of the company are now active in Ukrainea country that suffers constant power outages amid the invasion of Russia.
“The Starlink service is now live in Ukraine,” posted Musk, CEO of Tesla, on twitter. “More terminals on the way”.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister asked Musk to provide Internet to the country amid Russian attacks, and Musk responded, according to a Twitter exchange between the two on Saturday.
Mykhailo Fedorov, who is also Ukraine’s minister of digital transformation, tweeted to Musk: “while you try to colonize Mars Russia tries to occupy Ukraine! As their rockets successfully land from space, Russian rockets attack.”
Starlink is a satellite-based internet network designed to cover the planet with high-speed broadband and could potentially bring connectivity to billions of people who still don’t have reliable access to the internet.
Technology can also be a critical barrier when hurricanes or other natural disasters disrupt communication.
The satellites operate in low Earth orbit – about 340 miles high in the case of SpaceX – to provide continuous coverage.
The Twitter exchange took place when Russian President Vladimir Putin, ordered his country’s deterrent forces, which include nuclear weapons, to be placed on high alert. Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Evgeny Yenin said talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations would take place on Monday morning.
There have been “intermittent” power outages in Ukraine, but the internet is still “generally available”, a senior US defense official said. U.S to reporters on Saturday.
Internet connectivity in Ukraine has been affected by the Russian invasion, particularly in the southern and eastern parts of the country where fighting was heaviest, internet monitors said on Saturday.
The Starlink system was recently used in tonga, in the South Pacific Ocean, to provide internet service to connect remote villages after an undersea volcano erupted in January, according to SpaceX. THE eruption was probably the largest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, reported the CNN.
Musk said in January that SpaceX had 1,469 active Starlink satellites and 272 moving into operational orbits soon.
See images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
*With information from Reuters, Ellie Kaufman, Jackie Wattles and Helen Regan of CNN
Source: CNN Brasil
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