A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 23 May 2019. Following an agreement with the US DoD, the services will continue to support Ukraine for the foreseeable future. (US Air Force)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite communication (satcom) services to Ukraine.

An announcement by the DoD on 1 June stated it had contracted Starlink to provide satcom services to Ukraine as it “constitutes a vital layer in Ukraine's overall communications network”.

Information regarding the cost and timeframes of the deal were not detailed for national security reasons.

Starlink has been providing satcom services to Ukraine since February 2022, following a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Mykhailo Fedorov. These services, along with the provision of commercial satellite imagery, have been a “game changer” in the Ukraine conflict, significantly aiding the country's strategic military response, Volodymyr Usov, former chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said at the Defence Space Conference 2022 in London.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 23 May 2019. Following an agreement with the US DoD, the services will continue to support Ukraine for the foreseeable future. (US Air Force)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite communication (satcom) services to Ukraine.

An announcement by the DoD on 1 June stated it had contracted Starlink to provide satcom services to Ukraine as it “constitutes a vital layer in Ukraine's overall communications network”.

Information regarding the cost and timeframes of the deal were not detailed for national security reasons.

Starlink has been providing satcom services to Ukraine since February 2022, following a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Mykhailo Fedorov. These services, along with the provision of commercial satellite imagery, have been a “game changer” in the Ukraine conflict, significantly aiding the country's strategic military response, Volodymyr Usov, former chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said at the Defence Space Conference 2022 in London.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 23 May 2019. Following an agreement with the US DoD, the services will continue to support Ukraine for the foreseeable future. (US Air Force)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite communication (satcom) services to Ukraine.

An announcement by the DoD on 1 June stated it had contracted Starlink to provide satcom services to Ukraine as it “constitutes a vital layer in Ukraine's overall communications network”.

Information regarding the cost and timeframes of the deal were not detailed for national security reasons.

Starlink has been providing satcom services to Ukraine since February 2022, following a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Mykhailo Fedorov. These services, along with the provision of commercial satellite imagery, have been a “game changer” in the Ukraine conflict, significantly aiding the country's strategic military response, Volodymyr Usov, former chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said at the Defence Space Conference 2022 in London.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 23 May 2019. Following an agreement with the US DoD, the services will continue to support Ukraine for the foreseeable future. (US Air Force)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite communication (satcom) services to Ukraine.

An announcement by the DoD on 1 June stated it had contracted Starlink to provide satcom services to Ukraine as it “constitutes a vital layer in Ukraine's overall communications network”.

Information regarding the cost and timeframes of the deal were not detailed for national security reasons.

Starlink has been providing satcom services to Ukraine since February 2022, following a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Mykhailo Fedorov. These services, along with the provision of commercial satellite imagery, have been a “game changer” in the Ukraine conflict, significantly aiding the country's strategic military response, Volodymyr Usov, former chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said at the Defence Space Conference 2022 in London.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 23 May 2019. Following an agreement with the US DoD, the services will continue to support Ukraine for the foreseeable future. (US Air Force)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite communication (satcom) services to Ukraine.

An announcement by the DoD on 1 June stated it had contracted Starlink to provide satcom services to Ukraine as it “constitutes a vital layer in Ukraine's overall communications network”.

Information regarding the cost and timeframes of the deal were not detailed for national security reasons.

Starlink has been providing satcom services to Ukraine since February 2022, following a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Mykhailo Fedorov. These services, along with the provision of commercial satellite imagery, have been a “game changer” in the Ukraine conflict, significantly aiding the country's strategic military response, Volodymyr Usov, former chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said at the Defence Space Conference 2022 in London.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 23 May 2019. Following an agreement with the US DoD, the services will continue to support Ukraine for the foreseeable future. (US Air Force)

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted SpaceX to provide its Starlink satellite communication (satcom) services to Ukraine.

An announcement by the DoD on 1 June stated it had contracted Starlink to provide satcom services to Ukraine as it “constitutes a vital layer in Ukraine's overall communications network”.

Information regarding the cost and timeframes of the deal were not detailed for national security reasons.

Starlink has been providing satcom services to Ukraine since February 2022, following a request from the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technology, Mykhailo Fedorov. These services, along with the provision of commercial satellite imagery, have been a “game changer” in the Ukraine conflict, significantly aiding the country's strategic military response, Volodymyr Usov, former chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, said at the Defence Space Conference 2022 in London.