Elon Musk says SpaceX's internet service is available in Ukraine, sending more terminals
SpaceX's internet service Starlink is available in Ukraine and more terminals are being sent to the country, according to the company's CEO Elon Musk.
The conflict-hit nation has seen internet disruptions with Russian troops advancing and missiles hitting key infrastructure. Monitoring group NetBlocks said Thursday that disruptions had been tracked across much of Ukraine including capital city Kyiv.
On Saturday, Musk was asked by a Ukrainian government official if he would provide more of his company's Starlink stations to the country.
“While you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand,” Mykhailo Fedorov, the vice prime minister of Ukraine and minister of digital transformation, said.
Musk responded late Saturday via Twitter saying: “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.”
Starlink ultimately wants to provide the world with faster internet, starting by improving internet access in parts of the world that aren't currently served by broadband providers.
It allows people to connect to the internet via a satellite dish that is placed on or near a person's property. The internet is beamed down to the dish via a network of Starlink satellites that have been put into orbit by SpaceX and ground stations.
据该公司首席执行官埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 称，SpaceX 的互联网服务 Starlink 在乌克兰可用，并且正在向该国发送更多终端。 随着俄罗斯军队的推进和导弹袭击关键基础设施，这个受冲突影响的国家已经看到互联网中断。监测组织 NetBlocks 周四表示，已追踪到包括首都基辅在内的乌克兰大部分地区的中断情况。
周六，一位乌克兰政府官员询问马斯克是否愿意向该国提供更多公司的 Starlink 电台。
“当你试图殖民火星时，俄罗斯却试图占领乌克兰！当你的火箭成功从太空着陆时——俄罗斯火箭袭击了乌克兰平民！我们要求您向乌克兰提供 Starlink 电台，并让理智的俄罗斯人站起来，”乌克兰副总理兼数字化转型部长米哈伊洛·费多罗夫 (Mykhailo Fedorov) 说。
马斯克周六晚些时候通过推特回应说：“Starlink 服务现在在乌克兰很活跃。途中还有更多的航站楼。”
Starlink 最终希望为世界提供更快的互联网，首先是改善世界上目前没有宽带提供商服务的部分地区的互联网接入。
它允许人们通过放置在个人财产上或附近的卫星天线连接到互联网。互联网通过由 SpaceX 和地面站送入轨道的 Starlink 卫星网络传送到天线。
