--- title: "SpaceX Sends More Starlink Terminals to Ukraine, Along With Equipment to Run Them Off Grid" description: "SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hooking Ukrainians up with Starlink terminals, giving them a reliable and off-the-grid way to connect to the internet." date: "2022-03-10" modified: "2022-03-10" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starlink-terminals-ukraine-off-grid" categories: - "Space" - "SpaceX" tags: - "elon musk" - "SpaceX" - "starlink" - "the digest" - "ukraine" --- # SpaceX Sends More Starlink Terminals to Ukraine, Along With Equipment to Run Them Off Grid ![SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hooking Ukrainians up with Starlink terminals, giving them a reliable and off-the-grid way to connect to the internet.]() *\Image: Mykhailo Fedorov\* ## Starlinked SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is keeping his promise of hooking Ukrainians up with Starlink terminals, giving them a reliable way to connect to the internet as Russian troops continue their invasion — and this time, he's throwing in some extra equipment to keep them running, even off the grid. "Received the second shipment of Starlink stations!" Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov [tweeted]() on Wednesday, accompanied by a picture of what appear to be several pallets of Starlink terminals inside a truck. The space company is intent on making its internet broadband solution work even as Ukraine's [power grid suffers]() under Russia's advances. "You’re welcome," Musk [replied](). "We have also sent power adapters for car cigarette lighters, solar/battery packs and generators for places where electricity is not available." ## Anyway, Here's Powerwalls According to an email Tesla sent to Ukrainian employees, as [obtained by *CNBC*](), the car company also delivered numerous Tesla Powerwalls — large battery packs normally meant to provide a household with energy storage — to power the Starlink terminals. Tesla had to get creative on such short notice, and put together the battery pack systems in just three days with "AC cables made out of scrap" from the company's Gigafactory in Berlin, according to the email. It's the second shipment Ukraine has received since the invasion began. Last week, Fedorov [said]() that "Starlink keeps our cities connected and emergency services savings lives" after [receiving the first shipment]() on February 28. It's still unclear how many Starlink terminals SpaceX has delivered in total — but Tesla claims in its email that the number is in the hundreds. Tesla is also giving its employees in the embattled country another big leg up. "For any Tesla employees who is a Ukrainian national and has been asked to return to Ukraine for active duty as a reservist," the company's email reads, "we will maintain their employment and salary for 3 months, with a view to assessing after this period as needed." **READ MORE:** [Tesla will pay Ukrainian employees for up to 3 months if they are conscripted to fight]() \[*CNBC*\] **More on SpaceX:** *[Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is So Busy With Ukraine That It'll Delay Starship]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()