# Starlink use in Ukraine to support defense

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion\
**Created:** [October 15, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-use-in-ukraine-to-support-defense/973318 "2022-10-15T21:39:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-use-in-ukraine-to-support-defense/973318/6 "2022-10-15T23:02:04Z")

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> [@Dr.Strangelove](#):
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> The fact that Starlink has gone from “but what about the astronomers?”

I thought it was also “what about future space exploration in general?” And I don’t think that issue’s actually been dealt with. It’s just being ignored – whether due to current emergency usefulness, or due to a general societal attitude of ‘oh hell let’s go ahead and do it and we’ll clean up the mess afterward, nevermind whether we have any idea how to do that’, I don’t know.

If I’m wrong, and it’s been concluded either that there’s no problem or that there’s a definitely-usable solution, please let me know; though maybe in a different thread.

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/9741):
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> citizen of tajikistan

Thanks.

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