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Pentagon Confirms Nearly $23 Million Annual Contract for Ukraine Starlink Service

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Pentagon Confirms Nearly $23 Million Annual Contract for Ukraine Starlink Service
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While SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has attached an annual price tag of $400 million on what it costs to provide Starlink communications service to Ukraine, SpaceX is unlikely to receive a big boost from the nearly $23 million annually that the Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) is funding for Starlink communications to aid Ukraine in its effort to defeat Russia. Last summer came news that Musk had signed a contract in June with DoD to continue providing Starlink…

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