Elon Musk says SpaceX can't 'indefinitely' fund internet service in Ukraine through Starlink terminals, which have provided a way for the country's military to communicate throughout the war.
said the “operation has cost SpaceX $80 million and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year.”said in a tweet Friday that SpaceX “is not asking to recoup past expenses” for the Starlink program.
But the company can’t “fund the existing system indefinitely” while also providing more terminals, he said, adding that the Starlink terminals have a data usage "100x greater than typical households."reports that SpaceX sent a letter to the Pentagon last month that said the company can’t fund the Starlink service to the degree it has been.
In the letter, SpaceX reportedly asked for the Pentagon to handle the funding for the government and military use of Starlink moving forward, per CNN. SpaceX’s director of government sales wrote in the letter that the company is “not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an indefinite period of time," according to CNN.A Department of Defense spokesman told Axios that "the department continues to work with industry to explore solutions for Ukraine’s armed forces as they repel Russia’s brutal and unprovoked aggression. We do not have anything else to add at this time.
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