More than 50 countries now rely on Starlink, giving the billionaire exclusive access to the world leaders
The launch of a Starlink V2 mini-satellites, from Space Launch Complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base seen over the Pacific Ocean from Encinitas, California The Ukrainian president expressed his gratitude to the richest man in the world for providing vital satellite internet access to Ukraine through his company
“It does give Musk a great deal of influence” according to Dr Mark Hilborne, a senior lecturer in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London. This includes $3.6bn for the Defence Department, with his companies receiving 100 different contracts last year with 17 federal agencies. “S” a classified extension of Starlink, also provides the US government with premium spy satellites an enable rapid surveillance of nearly any point on Earth, according to
The Starlink website says “Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts.” “The size of the contracts already in place and the current lack of serious competitors makes it very difficult to diversify away from Musk’s companies. Musk’s now increasingly central and unconventional role in the new administration will give him an unprecedented amount of power.”
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