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Ukraine requests Elon Musks help (Starlink stations)
- phillipseamore 5y agoCould Elon get terminals in? Are there enough uplinks in the countries around Ukraine? Starlink doesn't just magically work everywhere, it relies on ground stations with uplinks (just a few of the Starlink sats have inter-satellite links and IIRC many of them have been moved to support Tonga). The terminals also requires about 300-600w dependent on the location so isn't easy to run with limited power or on batteries.
- iam-TJ 5y agoUplinks: Poland began service in September 2021. Service to west and central Ukraine should be possible now, depending on where the Polish ground-stations are located. Additional ground stations could be rapidly deployed to Poland's eastern border. Supplying user terminals: Ukraine has borders with Poland, Hungary, Romania and Moldova so all possibilities for transferring to Ukrainian authorities.
- nonrandomstring 5y agoIn situations like Ukraine, and in crises caused by natural disaster what is really needed is highly flexible, resilient mesh internet via Yggdrasil/BATMAN type protocols. One thing we've really failed to do as hackers is break into mobile devices at the radio-head level. Obviously the powers that be in our own countries _really_ don't want that, but the way the world is turning these days it's time to crack that and at least have a ready to deploy overlay internet that springs to life when the "official system" gets turned off.
- iam-TJ 5y agoElon Musk just announced (26 Feb 2022 22:23 UTC) "Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route." [0] [0] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1497701484003213317 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1497701484003213317