SpaceX’s Starlink user terminals are being openly sold in Russia, though CEO Elon Musk has denied knowledge of any such sales in the country.
The terminals, which link users with the Starlink satellite constellation are available on the Chinese company DJI’s website in Russia.
The Shenzhen-based firm is better known as one of the world’s leading drone producers. Soon after Russia began its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, DJI announced it would temporarily suspend business in both countries pending “compliance assessments.”
And that opens up another box of questions.
Why are the starlink satellites of Russia active at all? The amount of non Russian customers with legitimate use for Starlink would be a very very low number.