{"id":62407,"date":"2022-10-14T17:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T17:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/14\/musk-seeks-us-funding-of-ukraine-satellite-network-official-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:43:29","slug":"musk-seeks-us-funding-of-ukraine-satellite-network-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2022\/10\/14\/musk-seeks-us-funding-of-ukraine-satellite-network-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk seeks US funding of Ukraine satellite network, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Defense Department has gotten a request from SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to take over funding for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/air\/2022\/04\/20\/spacex-shut-down-a-russian-electromagnetic-warfare-attack-in-ukraine-last-month-and-the-pentagon-is-taking-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\">satellite network that has provided crucial battlefield communications for Ukrainian military forces<\/a> during the war with Russia, a U.S. official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter not yet made public, said the issue has been discussed in meetings and senior leaders are weighing the matter. There have been no decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pentagon spokesperson said the Pentagon has been \u201cin touch with SpaceX\u201d regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/space\/2021\/12\/20\/spacex-launches-52-starlink-satellites-from-california-base\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Starlink system<\/a>, but declined to answer whether a letter was received or provide any details about the communication and whether it involved the pay issue. Sabrina Singh also would not say to whom any letter may have been sent or when the communications with Musk began.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/20\/spacex-shut-down-a-russian-electromagnetic-warfare-attack-in-ukraine-last-month-and-the-pentagon-is-taking-notes\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6053965.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">SpaceX shut down a Russian electromagnetic warfare attack in Ukraine last month \u2014 and the Pentagon is taking notes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cThe next day, Starlink had slung a line of code and fixed it,&quot; said Pentagon electronic warfare director Dave Tremper. &quot;And how they did that was eye-watering to me.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk\u2019s Starlink system of more than 2,200 low-orbiting satellites has provided broadband internet to more than 150,000 Ukrainian ground stations. Early Friday, Musk tweeted that it was costing SpaceX $20 million a month to support Ukraine\u2019s communications needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the terminals, he tweeted that the company has to create, launch, maintain and replenish satellites and ground stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CNN was the first to report the Musk request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Starlink satellite internet\u2019s vital role in Ukraine\u2019s defense cannot be overstated. It has, for example, assisted front-line reconnaissance drone operators in targeting artillery strikes on key Russian assets. A senior military official on Friday made it clear that the U.S. believes the system has proven exceptionally effective on the battlefield. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to provide U.S. assessment of the Ukraine battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to multiple questions during a briefing, Singh said the Pentagon was working with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. \u201cWe know that there is this demand and [satellite communications] capability that is needed and we want to be able to ensure that there are stable communication for the Ukrainian forces and for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request from the world\u2019s richest man to have the Pentagon take over the hundreds of millions of dollars he says the system is costing comes on the heels of a Twitter war between Musk and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And in tweets overnight Musk referred to the friction, suggesting it may affect his decision to end his company\u2019s largesse in funding the systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Twitter exchange last week, Musk argued that to reach peace Russia should be allowed to keep the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized in 2014. He also said Ukraine should adopt a neutral status, dropping a bid to join NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk also started a Twitter poll asking whether \u201cthe will of the people\u201d should decide if seized regions remain part of Ukraine or become part of Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a sarcastic response, Zelenskyy posted a Twitter poll of his own asking \u201cwhich Elon Musk do you like more?\u201d: \u201cOne who supports Ukraine\u201d or \u201cOne who supports Russia.\u201d Musk replied to Zelenskyy that \u201cI still very much support Ukraine, but am convinced that massive escalation of the war will cause great harm to Ukraine and possibly the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrij Melnyk, the outgoing Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, responded to Musk\u2019s original tweet with an obscenity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s not clear how much of the cost of deploying Starlink satellite uplinks in Ukraine has been covered by U.S. funding. In April, the U.S. Agency for International Development said it had delivered 5,000 of the terminals. The Pentagon had no response to that question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk\u2019s request that the Pentagon begin to pick up the tab comes as the Space Force and Pentagon have been looking at how commercial vendors will play a role in national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, commander of U.S. Space Command Army Gen. James Dickinson said that having many vendors providing needed capabilities, such as Maxar\u2019s satellite imagery of stalled Russian convoys, has become essential, because it frees up limited military satellite assets to focus on other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his tweets, Musk also raised a question that various vendors and the Pentagon are considering as space becomes a more critical part of wartime operations: If a commercial vendor is assisting the U.S. and is targeted, does the U.S. owe it protection?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve also had to defend against cyberattacks &amp; jamming, which are getting harder,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Frank Bajak in Lima, Peru, contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Defense Department has reportedly gotten a request from Elon Musk to take over funding for his Starlink satellite network supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":23,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"9":{"categories":["battlefield-tech","c2-comms","it-networks","space","cyber"],"primary_category":"it-networks"}}},"categories":[160,32,12,163,36,19,23],"tags":[8628],"coauthors":[4738],"class_list":["post-62407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-disaster","category-industry","category-military-space-report","category-newsletters","category-pentagon","category-space","tag-ukraine"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"4IAESWTKBNCSNKJ3HWWD3KWISQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/space\/2022\/10\/14\/musk-seeks-us-funding-of-ukraine-satellite-network-official-says\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Musk seeks US funding of Ukraine satellite network, official says - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. Defense Department has reportedly gotten a request from Elon Musk to take over funding for his Starlink satellite network supporting Ukraine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Musk seeks US funding of Ukraine satellite network, official says\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Defense Department has reportedly gotten a request from Elon Musk to take over funding for his Starlink satellite network supporting Ukraine.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2022\/10\/14\/musk-seeks-us-funding-of-ukraine-satellite-network-official-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-14T17:27:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-18T20:43:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tara Copp and Lolita C. 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