Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink after ‘great talk with Putin’

Re:Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink after ... by rasz on Monday August 21, 2023 @11:50PM (#37218465)

> Satellite terminals donated by Mr Musk's SpaceX, as well as the US government and private donors

To this day the number of terminals supposedly _donated_ by Musk, that means not paid for by State Dep, is unknown. We do have this tho https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietl...

As of October 2022 there were 18k Starlink terminals in Ukraine. At the time State Department (USAID) paid for ~2K units, Poland paid for >12K units - over half of all terminals came from one relatively poor EU country, curious how this is omitted by Telegram :)

December 2022 number rose to 22K. Apparently as of June 2023 there are >40K terminals in use, with USAID share rising to at least ~5K.

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Re:Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink after ... by tomekf on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @01:07AM (#37218886)

This is worth highlighting as it is often omitted in the news and even in official UA communication - Starlik was enabled in Ukraine by Musk, but around 20-40k terminals were purchased and monthly feels are continuously being paid by donor countries, mainly Poland with over 20k units.

There is no free lunch.

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Re:Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink after ... by inemesitaffia on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @08:28AM (#37221703)

And sometimes you pay part of your bill

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Re:Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink after ... by inemesitaffia on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @08:27AM (#37221697)

There were dishes in Ukraine in February though

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