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SpaceX is developing a network of spy satellites under contract with US intelligence

SpaceX is developing a network of spy satellites under contract with US intelligence

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites commissioned by the US intelligence agency under a contract that remains secret, Reuters reports. This project shows the strengthening of ties between Elon Musk’s company and national security agencies shortly before the US elections. Under the leadership of a SpaceX business unit called Starshield, a […]

Separate Internet for war: SpaceX signs first deal to launch Starshield satellite network

Separate Internet for war: SpaceX signs first deal to launch Starshield satellite network

Elon Musk, concerned about SpaceX’s “potential involvement in the war in Ukraine,” launches an alternative satellite Internet network that the US government can use for its own benefit. SpaceX has signed its first contract with the US Space Force to launch the government’s Starshield satellite network, Bloomberg reports. The idea, first announced in December, came […]