The SpaceX facility in Hawthorne, California, about 15 miles south-west of downtown Los Angeles. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Tom Perkins, Published by The Guardian, 25 October 2026 This gives the company an advantage in tracking objects in orbit, raising national security concerns and fears of greater control over the
The Starlink system plays a significant role in Ukraine's defense By Erin Banco and Joey Roulette, ReutersPublished by The Straits Times, 24 October 2026 WASHINGTON – Well before the throttling in October of Ukraine’s military access to Elon Musk’s satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had several times
A man offers residents in Kherson, Ukraine, the use of his Starlink internet after a Russian strike. Image:BBC By Tiffany Wertheimer, Published by The BBC, 25 October 2026 Ukraine is in desperate need of a new satellite internet service, but a fast and reliable alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink network
Snapshot of the some 11,000 Starlink satellites on orbit as of Sept. 21, 2026 using LeoLab's free online tool for visualizing objects in low Earth orbit. (Screenshot from LeoLab's visualization tool) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 23 September 2026 Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX's ability to
By Jasper Jolly, Published by The Guardian, 16 October 2026 Guillaume Faury writes to Andy Burnham warning him against choosing US firm Lockheed Martin to build Skynet satellites The boss of Airbus has told Andy Burnham that choosing its US rival Lockheed Martin to manufacture military satellites could cost the
The Starlink terminals, which connect to thousands of SpaceX satellites in obit, are often camouflaged on the battlefield By Tom McArthur and Tiffany Wertheimer, Published by The BBC, 15 October 2026 Starlink satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX provide high-speed internet - something modern war relies heavily on. For Ukraine,
A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to the antenna of the Starlink satellite-based broadband system in Bakhmut on February 9, 2023. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images By Lisi Niesner, Published by MSN, 15 October 2026 WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday that Elon Musk's SpaceX had restricted "military-grade"
Starlink Constellation By Stephen Clark, Published by Ars Technica, 8 October 2026 “These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort.” Space has plenty of room for more megaconstellations, but only if all operators are willing to share information about where their
