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Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine’s Starlink ‘indefinitely’

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says it is unreasonable to keep funding Ukraine's Starlink internet system indefinitely [File: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters]

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his space exploration company SpaceX cannot “indefinitely” fund the Starlink internet service in war-hit Ukraine, days after a proposal to end the conflict that included the country ceding some territory to Russia called his support into question.

“SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable,” Musk said on Twitter.

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