Musk sfida le potenze straniere sulla robustezza della sua rete

[Roberto Deboni DMIsr]

Russia, China can't take down Starlink's 2,000+ satelites,
says Elon Musk:

<https://interestingengineering.com/russia-china-starlinks-satellites>

"SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, believes that his company's Starlink
satellites are not easy for adversaries like Russia or China
to take down. Musk said this during an interview with
Business Insider."

E Musk ha preso parte per gli ucraini nel conflitto:

"Musk spoke to Mathias Döpfner, the CEO of Axel Springer, the
company that owns Business Insider, recently at Tesla's
factory in Fremont, California. The duo discussed space
travel, the future of humanity as well as its present which
included the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Musk has been very
much a part of the Ukrainian defense by supplying Starlink
terminals and activating satellite internet services in the
country at short notice."

"While revealing the motivations behind supplying the terminals
and the rapid pace at which SpaceX delivered them, Musk said
that the company anticipated the need for satellite internet
at the beginning of the invasion and preemptively acted on it,
even before a formal request was made by Ukraine."

"After a cyberattack took off Ukrainian internet connectivity
and cell phone towers were either being blown up or jammed,
satellite internet was the only viable connection mode
available and the SpaceX rushed to provide its services."

"While we had earlier reported how private individuals in
Ukraine are relying on Starlink, a Business Insider report
said that Starlink's internet services were also helping an
elite Ukrainian drone unit take out Russian tanks and
trucks in the night."

"This makes the internet service a prime target for Russian forces."

"Not so easy"

"Musk cited an anti-satellite test that Russia had conducted
last where it used its anti-ballistic missile interceptor,
PL-19 Nudol system, for its direct ascent anti-satellite
(DA-AST) to test, and destroyed an older satellite of its
own. The resulting space debris not only spooked satellite
operators but also caused a scare for the International
Space Station."

"However, Musk is confident that such a system won't be used
against its satellites. Starlink currently operates
over 2,000 satellites and to bring the entire constellation
down would cost an adversary, 2,000 of its anti-satellite
weapons."

"Interestingly, Musk thinks that SpaceX can put up more
satellites in space than adversaries can bring down in a
given time frame."

"He does hope that this is never put to test, though."