The UK defence ministry has adopted and begun using SpaceX's Starshield and Starlink services.
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The UK defence ministry has adopted and begun using SpaceX's Starshield and Starlink services.
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What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- SpaceX has established Starshield, a unit dedicated to developing military systems.Sub-event
UK focuses on sovereign space defense using commercial pods and DoD data access.1 source
UK defence ministry adopts Starshield service and uses Starlink terminals from SpaceX.1 source
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The entities involved
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Great Britain
island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe
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Starlink
satellite constellation; space-based internet communication system
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SpaceX
American private aerospace company
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