{"id":36444,"date":"2022-03-09T13:17:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T13:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmengine.net\/2022\/03\/09\/starlink-in-ukraine-how-the-satellite-connection-system-made-available-by-elon-musk-works\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:32:59","slug":"starlink-in-ukraine-how-the-satellite-connection-system-made-available-by-elon-musk-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/2022\/03\/09\/starlink-in-ukraine-how-the-satellite-connection-system-made-available-by-elon-musk-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlink in Ukraine: how the satellite connection system made available by Elon Musk works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_391 et_section_regular\" >\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_489\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_495  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1755  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>If it weren&#8217;t for the harsh and violent reality, one could think of a scene from &#8220;<strong>Don&#8217;t Look Up<\/strong>&#8220;, the film in which an astronomer played by Leonardo DiCaprio, together with his team, discovers that a comet will destroy planet Earth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_463\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/tumblr_d06ff685b3bb3265f70c4733a56c762e_8080cc49_540-2.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"tumblr_d06ff685b3bb3265f70c4733a56c762e_8080cc49_540\" class=\"wp-image-34689\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1756  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><H2>  Starlink, the satellite connection system  <\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_cta_403 et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description et_multi_view_hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button\" href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/2022\/02\/01\/cloud-e-sicurezza-gestire-le-vulnerabilita-in-modo-automatico-con-aws\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud &amp; Security, Manage Vulnerabilities Automatically with AWS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1757  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>While Ukraine&#8217;s President <strong>Zelensky<\/strong>, a former comedian and now at the helm of a country at war, coordinates the defense of his land from the Russian offensive, Ukrainian Prime Minister <strong>Mykhailo Fedorov<\/strong> has launched an appeal, even a provocative one, to <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>:  <em>&#8220;While you&#8217;re trying to colonize Mars, Russia is trying to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets are successfully landing from space, Russian rockets are attacking the Ukrainian civilian people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlink.com\/\">Starlink<\/a> <\/strong>stations and direct sane Russians to stand up.&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1758  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>As is now sadly known, some Ukrainian cities have been <strong>left without electricity<\/strong> and consequently <strong>without internet connection<\/strong>. Thanks to this system, communications will not be interrupted. In this time of conflict, therefore, this is a tool that is more necessary than ever.<br \/>So it was President Zelensky himself who felt the need to thank <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> via video link:<em> &#8220;If you have time, after the war you are welcome in Ukraine&#8221;.<\/em> <em>&#8220;I spoke with Elon Musk<\/em> ,&#8221; Zelensky wrote on social media.<em>&#8220;I thanked him for his support, in words and deeds. Next week, we will receive another batch of Starlink terminals for destroyed cities. We also talked about possible space projects and a visit to Ukraine. But we&#8217;ll come back to that after the war.&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_464\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starlink-elon-musk-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Starlink-Elon Musk\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" class=\"wp-image-34696\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1759  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><H2>  Space-X<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_cta_404 et_pb_promo  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_promo_description et_multi_view_hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button\" href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/2022\/02\/28\/data-protection-leuropa-approva-il-codice-di-condotta-sui-servizi-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Data Protection, Europe approves Code of Conduct on Cloud Services<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1760  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>Elon Musk&#8217;s is a very ambitious project, structured by imagining a total cost <strong>of $10 billion<\/strong>, for 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\"><strong>SpaceX<\/strong> <\/a>expects 40 million subscribers and a turnover of $30 billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/it-it\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>Microsoft Azure<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/about.google\/?fg=1&amp;utm_source=google-IT&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=hp-header\"><br \/>\n  <strong>Google<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>, which rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlink.com\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>Starlink<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> satellites to deliver <strong>cloud computing<\/strong> to businesses, are exceptional partners. But there is a guest of stone: <strong>Mr. Jeff Bezos<\/strong>. The founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.it\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>Amazon<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueorigin.com\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>Blue Origin<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> has also launched the <strong>Kuiper<\/strong> project, with the aim of setting up another large <strong>Internet constellation of more than 3,000 satellites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_465\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/space-x-artciolo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Space x Artciolo\"  sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" class=\"wp-image-34698\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1761  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>But there is a but. The Seattle giant is more cautious in the progress of the project. Jeff Bezos and other digital business moguls have detected a significant problem: <strong>Starlink<\/strong> <strong>could preclude other operators from building their own infrastructure due to<\/strong> possible interference between radio signals. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>Federal Communication Commission<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> has already been warned, we&#8217;ll see what happens. Meanwhile, the <strong>Ukrainian people<\/strong> in the trenches can count on a <strong>reliable internet connection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Zelensky and the founder of SpaceX spoke to each other: &#8220;Come and visit us when the war is over&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,3574,2297],"tags":[132,4832,4833,4834],"class_list":["post-36444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-in-evidence","category-news-en","tag-amazon-web-services-en","tag-elon-musk-en","tag-space-x-en","tag-starlink-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/starlink-foto-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41700,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36444\/revisions\/41700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}