Musk says Starlink can’t keep providing Ukraine broadband unless Pentagon pays

Musk says Starlink can’t keep providing Ukraine broadband unless Pentagon pays

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/spacex-says-it-cant-keep-funding-starlink-in-ukraine-asks-pentagon-for-money/

SpaceX has asked the Pentagon to fund the Ukraine government and military's use of Starlink broadband, saying the Elon Musk-led company can't afford to donate more user terminals or pay for operations indefinitely, CNN reported.

"We are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an indefinite period of time," SpaceX's director of government sales wrote to the Pentagon in a September letter, according to CNN. The letter "requested that the Pentagon take over funding for Ukraine's government and military use of Starlink, which SpaceX claims would cost more than $120 million for the rest of the year and could cost close to $400 million for the next 12 months."