{"id":136378,"date":"2022-03-03T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/how-will-ukraine-keep-spacexs-starlink-internet-service-online"},"modified":"2022-03-03T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:23:08","slug":"how-will-ukraine-keep-spacexs-starlink-internet-service-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/how-will-ukraine-keep-spacexs-starlink-internet-service-online","title":{"rendered":"How will Ukraine keep SpaceX\u2019s Starlink internet service online?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia\u2019s<\/a> attacks on Ukraine continue to take lives and destroy infrastructure as the country invades. This infrastructure damage has disrupted internet access in Ukraine, leading a government official to publicly request Starlink satellite internet access for the country from SpaceX<\/a> CEO Elon Musk. Musk obliged<\/a>, activating Starlink<\/a> service in Ukraine and sending additional hardware<\/a>. But with continued attacks on infrastructure, how will Ukraine stay connected?<\/p>\n

Fedorov brings up an important point: Even though Starlink operates without the need for traditional internet infrastructure, the Earth-bound hardware still needs power. And, as Russian attacks bombard the country, Ukraine\u2019s internet access will continue to be threatened.<\/p>\n

Fedorov\u2019s statement publicly reached out for help acquiring generators to keep Starlink online for Ukrainians. But Musk responded with an alternative suggestion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSolar panels + battery pack better than generator, as no heat signature or smoke & doesn\u2019t run out of fuel,\u201d Musk wrote in response on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk has some ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia\u2019s attacks on Ukraine continue to take lives and destroy infrastructure as the country invades. This infrastructure damage has disrupted internet access in Ukraine, leading a government official to publicly request Starlink satellite internet access for the country from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Musk obliged, activating Starlink service in Ukraine and sending additional hardware. But [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,1490,418,2028,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-government","category-internet","category-satellites","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/474"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}