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The main contract is now valid until November 30 and is worth a total of $40 million .
The Pentagon extended the contract with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide Starlink Internet services in Ukraine for another six months in the amount of $14 million
“The contract provides access to the Starlink system, hardware and customer support on agreed upon terms,” Space Systems Command spokeswoman Bonnie Poindexter said (via Bloomberg).
Ukraine has been using Starlink for critical communications at the frontline, as well as to meet the needs of the civilian population, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. As of late 2022, officials reported that Ukraine had received 10,000 Starlink terminals.
At the same time, the agreement embarrassed Elon Musk, who in the same year began to threaten that he would stop financial support for Starlink in Ukraine due to the high costs for SpaceX. The billionaire also said his satellites were not intended for military use and expressed fears of “an escalation of conflict that could lead to World War III.” Around the same time, Musk published his own “peace plan” on Twitter, among other things proposing that Ukraine cede Crimea to Russia and re-hold referendums in the regions that were captured by the aggressor country.
Eventually, in 2023, the Pentagon signed a separate contract with SpaceX to provide satellite Internet service to Ukraine for $23 million, the current extension increases the deal to almost $40 million in total. The US Department of Defense also has an agreement with Musk to launch military satellites.
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