Elon Musk responded to the appeal of the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation aimed at activating the Starlink network to remedy the Internet connectivity problemsdetermined by Russian military action. Mykhailo Fedorov, addressing the number one of SpaceX and Tesla pointed out:
while you try to colonize Mars, Russia tries to occupy Ukraine. As your rockets successfully re-enter from Space, Russian rockets attack the Ukrainian civilian population. We ask that you make Starlink stations available to Ukraine and refer common sense Russian citizens to take sides.
Musk confirmed:
Starlink’s service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals are on the way.
The Starlink network currently has over 2,000 satellites and on this occasion demonstrates one of its main strengths, the possibility of providing internet connectivity in the most disadvantaged areas, such as those affected by a war conflict (in this specific case) or by calamities. natural (as recently demonstrated in the Tonga archipelago). In these cases the ground communication infrastructures can be damaged by military actions and natural events, but connectivity can be restored by exploiting the satellite network.
In Italy, the main telephone operators have taken steps to help the Ukrainian people keep in touch with their families:
