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US has for years asked Musk to turn Starlink on or off in various countries

By Erin Banco and Joey Roulette

Oct 26 2026 6:38AM

Over military uses.

US has for years asked Musk to turn Starlink on or off in various countries

Well before the throttling of Ukraine's military access to Elon Musk's satellite communications system, the Biden and Trump administrations had several times asked SpaceX to turn ⁠its Starlink service on or ⁠off in various countries, according to six former senior US officials ...

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