Alternative Starlink. EU negotiate with four large satellite operators – FT

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/1a/5c/ib-f-f-qjj0u6u_f7b27152.jpg" Alt = "Alternative Starlink. < P > Europe is looking for an alternative to Starlink Satellite Network Ilon Mask for Ukraine after the United States has suspended military assistance and exchange of intelligence. Four satellite operators are currently underway, Financial Times writes.

< p > it is stated that it is SES (Luxembourg), hisDesat (Spain), Viasat (owner Inmarsat) and Eutelsat/Oneweb (France). ~ ~ ~ > 62 > < P > Replacing Starlink, however, remains a difficult task. According to Viceremier-Minister of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov, more than 40 thousand terminals are used in the Armed Forces, hospitals, enterprises and humanitarian organizations. < p >HISDESAT CEO Miguel Angel Garcia Primo reported that & nbsp; with & nbsp; his company has already been contacted by European officials. He noted that the initiative to replace Starlink was discussed after the altercation between US presidents and & nbsp; Ukraine in & nbsp; oval office. Garcia Primo also noted that & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; the same number of terminals as & nbsp; nbsp; in & nbsp; starlink, & nbsp; & laquo; < P > Adele Al-Saleh, executive director of SES, confirmed that & nbsp; the company is already providing services in & nbsp; Ukraine and & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; negotiation; He also noted that & nbsp; the events of the last weeks have accelerated these negotiations.

< p >FT & nbsp; add that & nbsp; in & nbsp; short term, European satellite services can be a backup option for government and & nbsp; medical and; However, the signal speed in & nbsp; Starlink remains higher than in others, since competitors use fewer satellites. However, the difference can only be a fraction of a second and & nbsp; can only be a problem in & nbsp; certain cases.

< P > The publication emphasizes that European legislators have also increased the pressure on the European Commission to accelerate satellite efforts, in particular through the Govsatcom initiative, which should not work & nbsp; previously 2026. < p > March 6 French satellite operator Eutelsat stated that & nbsp; can put 40 thousand terminals to Ukraine.

< P > March 5, Polish digital technology Krzysztof Gavkovsky warned that & nbsp; in & nbsp; nbsp; case, if the American billionaire Ilon Musk decides to disable access to & nbsp; nbsp; nbp; & laquo; a major international crisis & raquo;.

< H2 ID = "H2_PART1" > Situation with & nbsp; access of Ukraine to & nbsp; Starlink & nbsp; & mdash; What is known by < p >On February 22, Reuters, citing & nbsp; three knowledgeable sources, wrote that & nbsp; American negotiations consider disconnecting Ukraine from Starlink system if Kiev is not & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; fossils.

< P > Starlink questions were raised on & nbsp; meetings between US President Special Representative Kellog and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.

< p > of that & nbsp; the same day billionaire and head of the US Government Efficiency Department & nbsp; (doge) Ilon Musk & nbsp; nbsp; refuted Reuters message about allegedly intention to disable Ukraine Starlink, & on & nbsp; Washington conditions.

< P > February 23, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov reported that & nbsp; nbsp; Starlink alternatives are already, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Strategy, Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces work on it.

< p > February 24, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that & nbsp; not & nbsp; nbsp; nypms on & nbsp; nbsp; the possibility of disconnecting in & nbsp; Ukraine of terminals of satellite online system Starlink; such development.

< p > February 25 in & nbsp; nbsp; starlink & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp the access of Ukraine & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; < p > & laquo; Starlink is fully given to the provision of services in & nbsp; Ukraine. Any rumors of another is a categorical false & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; declared in & nbsp; companies.