On October 15, Julia Siegel was quoted in a Newsweek article by James Bickerton on how the Starlink satellite constellation is helping to enable Ukrainian forces.
Starlink has been a ‘lifeline’ to Ukraine, a country with no national space capability, and its deactivation may hinder Kyiv’s communications capabilities.
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