After Ukraine's SOS, Elon Musk Activates Starlink Satellite Broadband

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Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine

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"Starlink service is now active in Ukraine," Musk tweeted, adding "more terminals en route."

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The tweet came some 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov urged Musk to provide Starlink services to Ukraine

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We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations," Fedorov tweeted at Musk.

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Starlink operates a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites that aim to provide internet access across the planet.

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Internet service is especially unstable in southern and eastern Ukraine

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The Starlink website explains the service is “ideal for rural and remote communities

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