By Simon Newton, Published by Forces News, 26 October 2026 Recent events in Ukraine, where the Starlink service to the Ukrainian military was throttled back, have raised questions about the use of SpaceX services by the MOD. Should the Armed Forces stop using Starlink and Starshield – its military-grade companion
Razor wire and CCTV protect the Menwith Hill US Spy Base Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Press Release, 25 October 2026 Campaigners staged a demonstration outside RAF Menwith Hill today, to call for the closure of the largest US spy base in the world outside of the US. Sited in Yorkshire,
Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Credit: SpaceX By Daniel Patrascu, Published by Autoevolution, 25 October 2026 American space agency NASA agains revises the profile of the upcoming crewed missions to the
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
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 1, 2026. | John Raoux/AP By Audrey Decker, Published by Politico, 22 October 2026 Other rocket-makers have faced delays getting their vehicles up and running, leaving the Pentagon in a bind.
