The Russian-Ukrainian war gradually entered a white-hot stage. Russia quickly destroyed a large number of Ukrainian communication facilities, communication base stations, etc. in the early stages of the war, causing Ukrainian military and civil communications to fall into chaos. At this time, Musk extended a helping hand to Ukraine. SpaceX announced at the beginning of the war that the "Starlink" communication system would be opened to Ukraine and achieved extremely good results, providing the Ukrainian military with an extremely important communication line and able to help the Ukrainian army control drones, missiles, and other weapons and equipment.
Starlink ground equipment delivered to Ukraine in large batches
Starlink network speed test
Recently, United Nations held a working meeting on "responsible outer space acts". Russian representative Vorontov said:
The "situation in Ukraine" highlights the practice of the United States and its allies to achieve military goals using "civil space facilities". These "quasi-civilian facilities" that "indirectly participate in military conflicts" are "reasonable targets."
This is not the first time that Russia has hinted that it will include the "Starlink" satellite in the range of attacks. In April this year, Russian ruling party chairman Medvedev said:
destroying the "Starlink" satellite is a "fresh idea", "it is too early to implement it now", but "will consider it" in the future.
Starlink satellites mainly operate in low-Earth orbit, with a generally orbital height of no more than 2,000km. Russia has a variety of methods to destroy or ineffective, but Musk once said that even if a part of the Starlink satellites is destroyed, it will not cause too much damage to the entire Starlink network, and Falcon Rocket can send more than 60 Starlink WeChat into space at one time. Destroy a relatively small sized satellite in the vast space station. Perhaps Russia will cost far more than SpaceX's cost to manufacture and send it into space.
Ukrainian army displayed the Starlink ground reception equipment they received
Before this, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized SpaceX for conducting multiple tests of satellite attack space facilities. Its satellites have been approaching my country's space station many times, endangering the safety of Chinese space station and its personnel. It is conceivable that if it really comes to war, these satellites will definitely reveal their fangs.
Although Musk always says that "Starlink" is a "civil facility" that is "only used for peace", all countries can actually see that the purpose of "Starlink" is definitely not simple, and there are obvious military uses hidden behind it. In addition, the US military has long signed a military-related cooperation agreement with SpaceX. Starlink will provide communication, navigation and other services for a variety of military weapons, including F35. The United States must be trying to extend its hegemony from the earth to space.
Falcon 9 rocket
for launching starlink satellite
