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Ukraine deputy minister asks for Elon Musks help:
https://mobile.twitter.com/nexta…
Meaningful. He perhaps was given the suggestion to ask for help. Approved it. Someone broadcasts it.
- starlink can operate in europe?********
- it does...in some countries north of italy. depending on liscences needed from govs. started late 2021.uan
- Given they're orbital, so going around the entire planet, all that's needed is a local groundstation and then however many dishes for further afield.Nairn
- basestation for main uplink, dishes for downlink, etc.Nairn
- Shit. I just checked. I forget how far south the US is! Starlink might not be great here - Kyiv is at the upmost latitude of Starlink orbit...Nairn
- https://circleid.com…Nairn
- Or, if that graphic is accurate (projection vs. latitude looks a little weird), Starlink might be great. Accessible in Kyiv, not blockable from further north?Nairn
- Ah. Another problem:
https://i.imgur.com/…Nairn - the problem is rassa has capabilities to jam those signals and also to take those satelites down.uan
- Jamming has locality problems, but yes. Taking down US property satellites would be a HUGE escalation. Also, these are fast low orbit ones. Hard to hit.Nairn
- Well, harder to hit. Also, it's a constellation, so redundancy's built-in. They'd have to hit multiple satellites. Often.Nairn
- you make explode something bigger and watch the debris cross the sats‘ orbit.uan
- Still, low orbit, higher speeds, quicker fix. Anything THAT bad would likely fuck over Russian assets too, so Gots To Be A Bit Careful.Nairn
- @Nairn eh u know these things need gov. approvals, and the backcom infrastructure.
So it isn't just like setting up a dish and go.******** - yeah, officially. Otherwise it's just a case of available bandwidth.Nairn
- starlink can operate in europe?