Musk primed to hand Iran protesters internet via Starlink as he enters talks with Biden

While the service has provided vital assistance to Ukraine as Vladimir Putin’s troops unleash a brutal offensive, Mr Musk, who is also the Tesla boss, is reportedly facing huge challenges to keep Starlink up and running there. 

Mr Musk tweeted: “SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable.

“In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain replenish satellites ground stations pay telcos for access to Internet via gateways. We’ve also had to defend against cyberattacks jamming, which are getting harder. Burn is approaching ~$20M/month.”

The SpaceX boss also recently said that his firm had spent around £71million ($80million) to enable and support Starlink in Ukraine, although this is only a drop in the ocean compared to the world’s richest man’s net worth. 

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1686325/elon-musk-iran-protests-starlink-biden-us