Starlink’s satellite Internet in Ukraine has about 150,000 active users every day, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said, citing data from Apptopia.
“Now Starlink terminals work for social infrastructure facilities – these are schools, hospitals, village councils, fire stations. After the liberation of the cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, operators began to restore communication using Starlink,” he wrote.
According to Fedorov, there are villages in these regions where 10 km of cable were killed by shelling.
“Thanks to one Starlink station, the provider was able to quickly restore access to the Internet. This is a unique experience of using Starlink, which has never happened before in the world,” the minister stated.
As reported, in addition to Starlink satellite Internet stations, the head of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk also donated Tesla Powerwall solar panels to Ukraine.
Earlier, a representative office of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, Starlink Ukraine, was registered in Ukraine.
Starlink became active in the country on February 27, 2022.
The National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the areas of electronic communications, radio frequency spectrum and postal services, at the initiative of the State Special Communications Service, on April 20, allowed everyone to use Starlink satellite terminals for the period of martial law.
Starlink is a global satellite system for accessing the Internet in remote corners of the Earth.
A representative office of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company – Starlink Ukraine – has been registered in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said.
“Starlink Ukraine (“Starlink Ukraine”), as a representative office of SpaceX, has just been registered in Ukraine,” he wrote on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
The global satellite system for Internet access Starlink plans to open a representative office in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said on Tuesday.
“Now, Ukraine is almost impossible to imagine without modern Starlink technology. And this technology will become even more accessible to Ukrainians. After all, today we received another positive news: Starlink has begun work on opening a representative office in Ukraine,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Fedorov also said that, for his part, he instructed the relevant authorities to complete the necessary procedures for certification, measurements and the provision of frequencies as soon as possible.
According to Fedorov, today, more than 10,000 Starlink stations help the Armed Forces of Ukraine to stay in touch and carry out special operations, support the operation of critical energy and telecommunications facilities, healthcare facilities and even the sowing season, and also return de-occupied territories to life.
Another batch of Starlink satellite Internet stations has been delivered to Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said.
“Another batch of Starlink is in Ukraine. The future is in technology. Technologies today help Ukrainians, help the new good to defeat the old evil. The future belongs to Ukraine! Thank you Elon (SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk – IF)! Thank you Poland!” Fedorov said in his Telegram channel.
As reported, Musk refused to block Russian news agencies on the StarLink network.
The first batch of Starlink satellite Internet stations arrived in Ukraine on March 1, 2022, the second on March 10.
Starlink became active on the territory of Ukraine on February 27, 2022.
