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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk warned on Thursday that Starlink’s satellite broadband service could be targeted in Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
Important note: Starlink is the only non-Russian communication system still operating in some parts of Ukraine, so [the] the probability of being targeted is high. Please use with caution, “Musk wrote on Twitter.
Musk advised users to turn on Starlink only when necessary and to place the antenna as far away from other people as possible. He also suggested putting light camouflage on the antenna to “avoid visual detection”.
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On Saturday, Musk said Starlink was active in Ukraine to alleviate the connectivity challenges facing the country and that there were more terminals.
Musk said Starlink is active in Ukraine to alleviate the connectivity challenges facing the country. (Reuters / Michelle Tantusi / Photo / Reuters photos)
He made the announcement on Twitter in response to an appeal by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Fedorov, who asked Musk to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations.
Starlink is a network of about 2,000 satellites in low Earth orbit that provide high-speed broadband by connecting to consumer terminals on Earth. Ukraine had periodic Internet outages last week when Russian forces invaded from the north, south and east, according to the Internet monitor NetBlocks.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 49 Starlink Internet satellites, launches from 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida – 02/22/2022 (Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Russian hackers have also carried out cyber attacks on the Ukrainian government and critical infrastructure. Starlink does not rely on traditional terrestrial Internet infrastructure, which could potentially make it an ideal service in war zones.
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On Monday, Ukraine said it had received a shipment of donated Starlink satellite Internet terminals. Fedorov tweeted a photo of a truck at the terminals around 22:00 in Ukraine, confirming that they had arrived.
However, an Internet security researcher warned that they could become “beacons” for Russians.
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“If #Putin controls the air over #Ukraine, consumer broadcasts become beacons … of air strikes,” tweeted John Scott-Reylton, a senior researcher at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab project.
“#Russia has decades of experience in hitting people by targeting their satellite communications,” added Scott-Reilton in a series of additional tweets discussing the risks.
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Also Thursday SpaceX started successfully 47 Starlink satellites will be added to the space broadband internet service.
A two-stage Falcon 9 satellite-carrying rocket was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:35 a.m. EST.
Paul Best of Fox Business contributed to this report