Pentagon and SpaceX work to prevent illegal Russian Starlink use in Ukraine – Interesting Engineering

SpaceX is working with the Pentagon and Kyiv to prevent Russia from using its Starlink terminals. As per reports, Russian forces are illegally using Starlinks network to aid in its invasion of Ukraine.

Starlink is a commercial product. Its available on the commercial market. Of course, companies, countries all over the world certainly Russia has no problem trying to buy things through the black market, John Plumb, assistant secretary of defense for space policy at the US Department of Defense (DoD), explained at the Space Symposium conference in Colorado Springs this week.

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