The tweet archive.

“We even did a Starlink video call on one airplane aloft to Starlink on another, far away, airplane aloft and it worked perfectly with no lag!”

“@alex_avoigt No money from DoD, but several other countries, orgs & individuals are paying for ~11k/25k terminals (thanks!). SpaceX is losing ~$20M/month due to unpaid service & costs related to enhanced security measures for cyberwar defense, but we’ll keep doing it (sigh).”

“@TeslaAIBot @SpaceX @Tesla Thanks Optimus :)”

“@SawyerMerritt @SpaceX To be precise, 25,300 terminals were sent to Ukraine, but, at present, only 10,630 are paying for service”

“@SawyerMerritt @SpaceX SpaceX has already withdrawn its request for funding”

“Ok, we will add a donate option to Starlink”

“Are there others that want to donate Starlinks to places in need?”

“@ChrisG_NSF We are proceeding very carefully. If there is a RUD on the pad, Starship progress will be set back by ~6 months.”

“@Rainmaker1973 Used a lot in rocketry”

“@FutureJurvetson @SpaceX Definitely one of the strangest meetings I’ve ever experienced. @adeoressi was there too.”

“@SawyerMerritt Starship & next-gen Starlink satellites are key, but much risk lies ahead before those are working at scale”

“The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free”

“@Brian_J_Berger That dude is not just a “condition of anonymity” spineless coward, he’s also an ignorant fool. Starlink was directly requested by the Ukraine government, as it was the only thing that worked.”

“@ashleevance DoD provided about 3% of the Falcon 1 development cost. Appreciated, certainly, but should be seen in context.”

“@ashleevance The amount SpaceX is requesting for a major battlefield advantage is less than the cost of one new GPS satellite. Ironically, GPS doesn’t work on battlefields, as the signal is easy to jam, but Starlink does.”

“@WholeMarsBlog Curses, foiled again!”

“@rschmied @spideycyp_155 @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX Internet fiber, phone lines, cell towers & other space-based comms in war areas have been destroyed. Starlink is all that’s left. For now. https://t.co/CdjbOWgziz https://www.wired.com/story/viasat-internet-hack-ukraine-russia/amp”

“@StonksReddit @rschmied @spideycyp_155 @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX Starlink is the primary communications system of the Ukrainian army on the war front. If anyone else wants this job, please be my guest …”

“@rschmied @spideycyp_155 @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX Big difference between peace comms vs warfront comms. Starlink is only comms system still working at warfront – others all dead. Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink. To safeguard, SpaceX has diverted massive resources towards defense. Even so, Starlink may still die.”

“@narutium @SawyerMerritt Falcon can probably get Starlink past breakeven, but Starship is needed to fund Mars”

“@TeslaOwnersEBay @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX Yes”

“@spideycyp_155 @SawyerMerritt @SpaceX In addition to terminals, we have to create, launch, maintain & replenish satellites & ground stations & pay telcos for access to Internet via gateways. We’ve also had to defend against cyberattacks & jamming, which are getting harder. Burn is approaching ~$20M/month.”

“@SawyerMerritt Also, Starlink is still losing money! It is insanely difficult for a LEO communications constellation to avoid bankruptcy – that was the fate of every company that tried this before. When asked what the goal of Starlink was at a space conference, I said “not go bankrupt”.”

“@spideycyp_155 @SawyerMerritt @rfdctr @SpaceX Very few in Iran so far”

“@SawyerMerritt @rfdctr SpaceX is not asking to recoup past expenses, but also cannot fund the existing system indefinitely *and* send several thousand more terminals that have data usage up to 100X greater than typical households. This is unreasonable.”

“@leehumerian Starlink requires nothing except ~50 Watt power source. With a small solar system plus battery or a generator, you will have connectivity anywhere.”

“@OwenSparks_ @spideycyp_155 @FedorovMykhailo @SpaceX True”

“@spideycyp_155 @FedorovMykhailo @SpaceX There are some active terminals”

“@spideycyp_155 @FedorovMykhailo @SpaceX Of course, this happens almost every day. They successfully destroyed Viasat in Ukraine several months ago. https://t.co/xrrAMqfsZY https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/05/10/1051973/russia-hack-viasat-satellite-ukraine-invasion/amp/”

“@spideycyp_155 @FedorovMykhailo @SpaceX Starlink has faced relentless jamming attacks & SpaceX relentless cyberwar. So far, their success has been limited.”

“@FedorovMykhailo Starlink data usage growth in Ukraine https://t.co/c4IWNwKwLR”

“@WholeMarsBlog Oh the irony 🤣🤣”

“We might need a different name, as this is basically just Starlink with roaming capability, so you can take your terminal anywhere.”

“@WholeMarsBlog It will”

“@WholeMarsBlog I have no desire to become involved in wars, but it is safe to say that all bets are off if the nukes start flying”

“@spideycyp_155 @MirrorinSpace @NASAEarthMars Too busy trying to survive at the time”

“@MirrorinSpace @NASAEarthMars They were invited to further their career elsewhere”

“@ace_constantine @NASAEarthMars There is a giant 30ft (literal) fork in the road outside the Autopilot office in Palo Alto”

“@SirineAti @NASAEarthMars Mine”

“@ace_constantine @NASAEarthMars I love the inverse poetry of making metaphors literal”

“@NASAEarthMars That is quite an interesting story. We sent what appeared to be identical emails to all, but each was actually coded with either one or two spaces between sentences, forming a binary signature that identified the leaker.”

“@spideycyp_155 @EvaFoxU True, Starlink provided a decisive battlefield advantage”

“@SirineAti @SpaceX Two Dragons on @Space_Station”

“@WholeMarsBlog Even better build coming next week”

“@ChristopherJM @FT @MehulAtLarge @felschwartz Bad reporting by FT. This article falsely claims that Starlink terminals & service were paid for, when only a small percentage have been. This operation has cost SpaceX $80M & will exceed $100M by end of year. As for what’s happening on the battlefield, that’s classified.”

“@skorusARK Starlink will provide the vast majority of bandwidth from space”

“SpaceX Dragon docking with @Space_Station (extended video) https://t.co/AFBDKHddgI”

“@SpaceX Dragon is now docked to @Space_Station”

“Starlink view of 2nd stage deorbit burn https://t.co/kbLv95bAK7”

“Another batch of Starlinks in orbit, 7 hours after the astronaut launch”