By AFP 27 February 2022 | 9:03 am Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations. (FILES) In this file photo taken on February 7, 2021 This long-exposure image shows a trail of a group of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites passing over Uruguay as seen from the countryside some 185 km north of Montevideo near Capilla del Sauce, Florida Department. – Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations.“Starlink service is now active in Ukraine,” Musk tweeted, adding “more terminals en route.” (Photo by Mariana SUAREZ / AFP) Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations. “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine,” Musk tweeted, adding “more terminals en route.” The tweet came some 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov urged Musk to provide Starlink services to Ukraine, days after it was invaded by neighboring Russia. “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,” Fedorov tweeted at Musk. He also called on the billionaire “to address sane Russians to stand” against their government’s invasion. Internet monitor NetBlocks said Ukraine has seen a “series of significant disruptions to internet service” since Thursday, when Russia launched military operations in the country. Starlink operates a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites that aim to provide internet access across the planet. The company on Friday launched a further 50 Starlink satellites and many more are slated to be put into Earth’s orbit. Latest 8 mins ago Donald Trump emerged from political exile Saturday to blast President Joe Biden and NATO over the Ukraine crisis and reprise his false claims of a stolen 2020 election in a speech to grassroots Republicans. Speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, the former president spent 86 minutes reprising many of his… 13 mins ago Seesaw Protocol (SSW) is a new cryptocurrency that is currently in a “presale” stage ahead of its launch in April. According to its website Seesaw, Protocol claims to be a multichain bridge, connecting Binance Smart Chain (BNB) to Ethereum (ETH) and Polygon (MATIC), enabling holders to use the most efficient blockchain at the optimal time (depending on congestion) to complete transactions quickly and cheaply. 13 mins ago Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations. 19 mins ago Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Arusha, Tanzania, to attend the formal opening of the 2022 Judicial Year of the African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights. 27 mins ago SafeMoon, EverGrow (EGC), and FIREPIN Token (FRPN) are three relatively new cryptocurrencies, some of which caused quite a stir when they first appeared. Many people are sceptical or contemptuous of cryptocurrencies, yet whether we like it or not, Bitcoin seems to be the future of money.
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