Thousands of satellite Internet 'Starlink' antennas arrive in Ukraine, and the number of subscribers worldwide exceeds 250,000, but prices will be raised.
Within days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made the satellite Internet service
Elon Musk's SpaceX sent Ukraine thousands of Starlink satellite dishes, exec says
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-spacex-thousands-of-starlink-satellite-dishes-sent-to-ukraine.html
Starlink is a satellite Internet service developed by the space company SpaceX, which aims to provide Internet services to all parts of the globe with thousands of artificial satellites deployed in satellite orbit. Starlink users can use the Internet simply by installing a dedicated antenna , and the line speed is also good , so convenience is highly evaluated.
As mentioned above, Starlink is a service that makes the Internet available all over the world, but at the time of writing the article, Starlink is in the beta test stage and is only provided in some regions such as the United States and Europe, Ukraine is a service It was out of range. However, as a result of Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asking Mr. Elon Musk to provide Starlink to Ukraine after the start of the Russian invasion, Starlink became available in Ukraine on February 27, 2022. ..
Satellite Internet 'Starlink' becomes available in Ukraine in no time at the direction of Elon Musk --GIGAZINE
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Starlink — here. Thanks, @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/dZbaYqWYCf
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 28, 2022
After that, Starlink's connection equipment was delivered to Ukraine one after another. The second shipment arrived on March 10, 2022 ...
Received the second shipment of Starlink stations! @elonmusk keeps his word! Thank you for supporting Ukraine and peace in the entire world! @OMarkarova thanks! Pic.twitter.com/hNZwsXkOCT
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 9, 2022
The third shipment arrived on March 16, 2022.
A new batch of Starlink stations is already in Ukraine! Technology is our future. Today it helps Ukrainians! It helps the new good to defeat the old evil. Ukraine is the future! Thank you @elonmusk ! Thank you @MorawieckiM ! Pic.twitter .com / 4ZAfgxPW3S
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 15, 2022
Then, on March 19, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Fedrov posted the fourth arrival report. At this time, Deputy Prime Minister Fedrov also thanked the Polish government, suggesting that the Polish government was involved in sending Starlink connection equipment. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell also revealed that he has delivered thousands of Starlink connectivity equipment to Ukraine.
A new batch of Starlink stations! While Russia is blocking access to the Internet, Ukraine is becoming more open to the entire world. Ukraine is the truth. The truth always wins. Thank you, @elonmusk , the Government of Poland, and Orlen. pic.twitter.com/TP0kpn3rPS
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 18, 2022
In addition, Mr. Shotwell announced that the number of Starlink subscribers reached 250,000 at the artificial satellite related conference 'Satellite 2022' held on March 22, 2022. On the other hand, the purchase cost of connecting equipment has been raised from $ 499 (about 60,000 yen) to $ 599 (about 73,000 yen), and the monthly fee for the service has been raised from $ 99 (about 12,000 yen) to $ 110 (about 1). It is also reported that it has been raised to 33,000 yen). SpaceX says the reason for the price increase is 'due to inflation.'
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