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On the ground in Ukraine using Starlink to stay connected

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Starlink is helping many people in Ukraine, including a friend of mine who is on the ground helping to train the military. Gia Santos shared her story of how Starlink has helped her to stay connected. She recently wrote an article in Vocal titled, Don’t forget how Starlink helped Ukraine since the beginning of the war.

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SpaceX has spent ~$80M on Starlink support for Ukraine thus far

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SpaceX has spent about $80 million on Starlink support in Ukraine since it started helping the country in its war with Russia. . The SpaceX CEO has received backlash recently for his Ukraine-Russia peace plan. Obviously, we are pro Ukraine,” clarified Elon Musk. . Our support for Russia is $0. Guess who is going to win?

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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Ukraine is launching a counteroffensive to retake occupied territory, including Zaporizhzhia. In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink has about 150k daily users in Ukraine, confirms official

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Roughly 150,000 people are using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system in Ukraine every day, according to Digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov. To date, Starlink has provided Ukraine with stable internet access despite Russia’s efforts to disconnect the country from the World Wide Web. .

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi , a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine.

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Starlink now available in Japan

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“As soon as 2022, KDDI will be able to offer an urban mobile connectivity experience to its rural mobile customers,” the corporation said in a statement. . — Renata Konkoly (@RenataKonkoly) October 10, 2022. He says Beijing sought assurances that he would not sell Starlink in China,” the publication said.

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Fitful Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Stokes Powerful Fears

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For several weeks now shelling from, on, and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has emboldened nuclear safety experts in Ukraine to openly advocate for a controlled shutdown of the beleaguered plant. Russia has put Ukraine and all Europeans one step away from a radiation disaster,” said Zelenskyy.

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