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Kyiv officials warned that Ukrainians might be coerced into registering Starlink terminals for the Kremlin’s forces after a recent block on Russia’s access to the service.Ukraine’s auxiliary body for handling prisoners of war posted a notice on Tuesday saying that it had learned of multiple instances where families of Ukrainian…
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SpaceX moved to cut off Russian access to Starlink this week, disabling connectivity over Ukraine while maintaining a whitelist of approved Ukrainian terminals.The new measure has spurred excitement among Ukrainian officials and pundits close to the war, who have said that Russian troops were increasingly using Starlink to guide long-range…
Europe’s biggest airline won’t be installing Starlink on its planes anytime soon, and senior SpaceX staff like Elon Musk aren’t best pleased.Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary isn’t convinced by Starlink, Musk’s satellite internet provider, which is becoming more popular among airlines.For example, Lufthansa — the German flag carrier which runs the…
SpaceX is reportedly preparing for a monster IPO — and a booming Starlink is a big reason why.Global web traffic from SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service more than doubled in 2025, according to data from Cloudflare, a cybersecurity company that handles tens of millions of requests between users and websites every…
