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Someone on Reddit suggested that these are specific units that were acquired through a third party or something weird: > Reading the article: what seems to hav
by wilg 4y ago
Someone on Reddit suggested that these are specific units that were acquired through a third party or something weird:
> Reading the article: what seems to have happened is that Ukrainian government bought a batch of 1300 Starlink units from some private company in UK, had them shipped to Ukraine and distributed among the military, then had a disagreement over actually paying for the service. As a result, those units were cut off the network.
> Literally no side of the dispute is commenting on the whole ordeal, so this is about the extent of information we have.
> Starlink clearly sold those units expecting to get paid. Then the terminnals got resold and shipped to Ukraine and it seems like no one is paying for them now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ym4w1q/ukraine_suffered_a_comms_outage_when_1300_spacex/iv2k9pb/?context=1 https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ym4w1q/ukraine_s...
- mzs 4y agoone side is attributable to a senior official at the DoD: >Negotiations between SpaceX and the Defense Department continue despite Musk’s claim that SpaceX withdrepw its request, according to a senior defense official. >“Negotiations are very much underway. Everyone in our building knows we’re going to pay them,” the senior Pentagon official told CNN, adding that the department is eager to have commitments in writing “because we worry he’ll change his mind.”
- candiodari 4y agoFunny how he's creating a reputation of being a total loose cannon, then uses this directly to get more money "or else who knows what he'll do" ... Interesting tactic.
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