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Musk says US government, not SpaceX, set Ukraine's Starlink speed limit

Musk says US government, not SpaceX, set Ukraine's Starlink speed limit

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The cap is 100mph (160km/h), so any drone or weapon moving faster than that loses its Starlink link, Ukraine's defence ministry sources said. Musk wrote on X that Starshield, the military version of Starlink, is run by the US government, which hasn't commented. On Wednesday, Mykhailo Fedorov, who previously served as Ukraine's defence minister, announced that the service had seen a partial restoration.

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