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sixpackabs592 t1_j9ls6x1 wrote

Reply to comment by Maldikons in Starship greenlit for launch after static fire test by DevilsRefugee

i get it but they specifically gave it to them for communications and humanitarian aid and they used it for their bomb drones, they still have it for coms as far as i can see they just did something to stop the drone control over starlink

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rocketsocks t1_j9lzpe6 wrote

That's not the only shenanigans, that's just one example.

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OlympusMons94 t1_j9nbq1w wrote

Which shenanigans?

Following US export laws?

Wanting to be paid for services rendered?

Not servicing enemy-occupied territories?

Not being able to instantly keep up with rapid advances and the fog of war to add service to recently-deoccupied territories?

Or just Musk's naive and ignorant tweets about Crimea and referendums that have no more bearing on Starlink or anything else in the real world than him challenging Putin to a duel?

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Draemeth t1_j9myzoe wrote

Just wait till you hear about what people have done with GPS!

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Bensemus t1_j9rads6 wrote

The other one where ~2k dishes experience a temporary outage was due to a billing issue between Ukraine, the UK, and SpaceX. That issue was quickly resolved and those dishes were active again. That was 2k out of about 25k.

Or the issue where during an offence Ukraine lost comms through Starlink. that was due to them outrunning it. SpaceX is only activating Starlink in areas Ukraine is operating in. Makes sense SpaceX wouldn't have access to classified military operations so they were slower to act than Ukraine was advancing. That was also quickly fixed as SpaceX activated more cells.

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