Alex Bruno
According to CEO Elon Musk, signal jamming is a problem for SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine.
Over the weekend, Musk tweeted, “SpaceX reprioritized cyber protection & overcoming signal jamming.” “There will be some delays in Starship and Starlink V2.”
He also said that certain Starlink terminals near war zones were clogged for many hours at a time in the answers.
“The jamming has been bypassed with our most recent software upgrade. “I am excited to see what comes next!” Musk said the following. “In a sense, this is free QA,” says the narrator. His assertions have not been confirmed by a third party.
Large portions of Ukraine’s communications networks have been disrupted as a result of Russian airstrikes and invasion.
Following a request from Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, the billionaire has provided a significant number of Starlink terminals to Ukraine to offer satellite communications.
Musk stated on Friday that Starlink is the only non-Russian communications infrastructure that is still operational in areas of Ukraine. Musk conceded there was a danger when security specialists warned that the terminals may be traced and targeted by Russian air attacks.
The Dishy terminal’s software has been upgraded to minimize peak power consumption to the point that it can be charged from a car cigarette lighter, and mobile roaming has been enabled so that the antennas can keep service while driving.
Due to a suspected distributed denial of service (DDoS) and/or cyberattack, Viasat has been experiencing an outage in parts of Europe, including Ukraine, since last week.
General Michel Friedling, the head of France’s Space Command, said there had been a cyberattack: “For several days, shortly after the start of operations, we had a satellite network that covers Europe and Ukraine in particular, which was the victim of a cyberattack, with tens of thousands of terminals that were rendered inoperative immediately after the attack,” he said, clarifying that he was referring to a civilian Viasat network.
At the time, Aero claimed that at least three ISPs, including Intv.cz and EUSANET, had reported difficulty connecting to Viasat satellites, but that as many as six were impacted.
As a consequence of the Viasat outage, CSP Bigblu and Orange-owned Nordnet both stated that their networks were disrupted. The outage hampered the remote operation of more than 5,000 turbines, according to a German wind turbine manufacturer.
In the midst of an ongoing information war, Musk claimed on Twitter over the weekend that several nations outside of Ukraine had urged Starlink to block Russian news sites.
“We will not do it until we are forced to,” he declared. “I am sorry for being a free speech zealot.”
