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Aside from excluding Ukraine, Musk did not state which countries had approached SpaceX's Starlink service to ask for Russian media sources to be blocked.
SpaceX's Starlink internet is active in Ukraine and the company sent antennas and terminals to the country this week to help restore internet and
communications after widespread outages caused by Russia's invasion on Feb. 24. Those terminals arrived on Monday (Feb. 28).
SpaceX's Starlink system is a satellite megaconstellation designed to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband internet access to regions
all over the world, with a focus on remote or underserved areas. The company has launched over 2,000 satellites since 2019 to build up the Starlink network.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week, Musk has issued statements of support for the Ukrainian people.
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