“Interests aligned with President Biden probably do not wish good things for me”
starlink
It was SpaceX's 30th orbital mission of 2023 already.
In September, SpaceX sent a letter to the Pentagon, asking the Defense Department to take over paying expenses related to Ukraine’s usage of its Starlink internet service
Musk appeared to suggest that he did not want to be paid for the satellite’s service
"SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses but also cannot fund the system indefinitely" - The use of Starlink could cost up to $400 million a year
Last week, the Tesla CEO asked his 107.7 million followers to vote on ways to resolve the Ukraine war
Some say it was a natural phenomenon
One government official from Ukraine said that the outages have caused a "catastrophic" loss of communication between the country's military forces
The internet service helped organize attacks and kept soldiers in touch with family, per Politico
The satellites will burn up in the Earth's atmosphere but won't produce orbital debris, SpaceX said