The Pentagon awarded Elon Musk's SpaceX a one-year contract for Starshield in September.

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter on Saturday to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk demanding that U.S. troops stationed in Taiwan get access to SpaceX’s Starshield, a satellite communication network designed specifically for the military.

The letter, obtained by CNBC and first reported by Forbes, claimed that by not making Starshield available to U.S. military forces in Taiwan, SpaceX could violate its Pentagon contract, which requires “global access” to Starshield technology.

  • @[email protected]
    1•7 months ago

    They didn’t have it on in that area and refused to turn it on when asked. They didn’t just shut down the sats.

    • Flying Squid
      1•7 months ago

      Who said anything about shutting down satellites?

      • @[email protected]
        1•7 months ago

        Fair. I was referring to starlink access. They refused to turn them on in Crimea, but they didn’t disable it while Ukraine was on a mission as was initially reported.