Elon Musk's SpaceX Isn't Willing to Fund Starlink In Ukraine, Wants Pentagon to Pay for It
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7zqaz/elon-musks-spacex-isnt-willing-to-fund-starlink-in-ukraine-wants-pentagon-to-pay-for-it
In yet another maneuver that will surely confirm whatever it is you already think about him, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is asking the U.S. government to pay it some $400 million over the next 12 months to continue providing satellite-based internet to Ukrainian forces, according to a report by CNN and more or less confirmed in a tweet by Elon Musk early Friday morning.
Back in February when Russia invaded Ukraine, Musk sent Starlink terminals to Ukraine's forces, providing them with internet service powered by SpaceX satellites. The service has proved useful as Russian forces targeted Ukrainian infrastructure, but has also faced outages and other service issues. Some 20,000 terminals, which are required to connect to the internet service, have been sent to Ukraine.