The US government reportedly paid to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XZSC)
The company often receives public assistance for its projects. | Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge Despite SpaceX implying that the US didn't give money to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine in March, a report from The Washington Post reveals that the government actually paid millions of dollars for equipment and transportation. The report found that the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, paid $1,500 apiece for 1,333 terminals, adding up to around $2 million. USAID disclosed the number of terminals it bought from the company in a press release from early April that has since been altered to remove mentions of the purchase.
According to space reporter Joey Roulette, SpaceX donated 3,667 terminals to Ukraine, or around $10 million worth, after also factoring in the three months of data it provided with the terminals....