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March 1, 2022 06:13 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956481/ukraine-spacex-starlink-oleg-krutkov-dish-internet-russia-invasion
Ukraine engineer talks testing SpaceXs new Starlink service
On Monday night, in between the hourly air alarms reverberating outside his home, Oleg Kutkov stuck his SpaceX Starlink dish outside of his window in Kiev, Ukraine, and pointed it up at the sky. To his surprise, he got a signal in just 10 seconds from one of SpaceX’s satellites overhead, indicating he was receiving broadband internet.
“I honestly didn’t believe that it would work,” Kutkov tells The Verge. “I thought there might be some problems with obstructions, might be some problems with my Dishy. But no, it just connected. I got really good speed, really good connectivity.”
Kutkov has actually had a Starlink dish for a few months now, but wasn’t able to use it. A software and...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956481/ukraine-spacex-starlink-oleg-krutkov-dish-internet-russia-invasion
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