Name: Ukraine Says Russia Is Using Starlink: How Elon Musk’s Satellites Work | WSJ
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- [Narrator] Elon Musk's low orbit satellite service

has been essential to Ukraine's operations

Offering reliable internet amid cell tower

- [Narrator] Now, Ukrainian officials claim

And has had access to the service in occupied territories

But Starlink and Musk say that they don't sell to,

and what can be done to stop Russia from using it?

- [Speaker] And lift off of Starlink 513.

Starlink consists of thousands of satellites

that power high speed internet connections

that users can buy and set up on their own.

- [Narrator] Starlink sells these terminals

has been pushing to find users in remote areas

that aren't well served by traditional internet providers.

and most available solution that met the need

with no other options from the ground were available.

- [Narrator] Terminals can provide service

- One way to look at low earth orbit broadband

is to draw a comparison with your cell phone.

and you are connecting to different cell phone towers.

In some ways, systems like Starlink are the reverse of that,

where you are relatively stationary on Earth,

and the satellites which can orbit the earth in 90 minutes,

- [Narrator] With around 5,400 satellites in orbit

Starlink says it works almost anywhere in the world.

But that doesn't mean you can use the service

It can't operate in countries where it isn't licensed.

which is limit service to certain geographical areas,

is really important to how Starlink operates

so that the systems are not offering service

where they're not supposed to be offering service.

- [Narrator] Starlink says it does not operate

But, Ukraine says that Russia is acquiring terminals

through private firms that buy them through intermediaries,

and delivering them to Russia via neighboring countries.

Russian forces then operate them in occupied territories

to deactivate terminals if the company determines

that they are being used by unauthorized parties.

Starlink collects different pieces of information.

It attains some user data during the authentication process,

and can track the location of the terminal.

terminals sold through authorized sellers

also have a unique ID in order to activate a connection.

pinpointing information about specific terminals

in an area that's using a lot of terminals

- Just knowing a terminal is in a specific location

as opposed to across the street from that,

for Starlink to say, "These are being used by Ukrainians,

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