Starlink Network In Ukraine Has Not Received Any US Funding: Elon Musk

SpaceX is losing approximately $20 million a month from unpaid service and costs related to security measures for cyberwar defense, but "we'll keep doing it (sigh)", Musk tweeted.

Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that SpaceX's Starlink services have not received any funding from the US Department of Defense (DoD), a day after reports that the Pentagon is considering paying for the Starlink satellite network in war-torn Ukraine.

SpaceX is losing roughly $20 million a month in unpaid service and costs related to cyber defense security measures, but “we'll keep doing that (sigh),” Musk tweeted.

“There is no money from the Department of Defense, but many other countries, institutions and individuals are paying for 11,000/25,000 terminals,” Musk said.

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The world's richest person and the CEO of Tesla Inc said that SpaceX spends nearly $20 million a month maintaining satellite services in Ukraine and that the company has spent about $80 million to enable and support

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