Ukraine Says Elon Musk’s Starlink Providing ‘Crucial Support,’ Serving 150,000 Users per Day

Ukraine Says Elon Musk’s Starlink Providing ‘Crucial Support,’ Serving 150,000 Users per Day
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on June 29, 2021. Nacho Doce/Reuters
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Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s high-speed internet service Starlink has about 150,000 users in Ukraine in just a little over two months.

What Happened

Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov on Monday tweeted to reveal the number of users that are relying on Starlink as war with neighboring Russia entered its 70th day.
“..around 150K active users per day. This is crucial support for Ukraine’s infrastructure and restoring the destroyed territories,” Fedorov wrote in a post on Twitter.

Why It Matters

Musk in February responded to Ukraine’s plea to provide Starlink stations after Russia’s invasion.