UK Invests Nearly $40 Million in SpaceX Satellite Services

The UK has invested nearly $40 million in SpaceX for satellite services, becoming the first country outside the United States to publicly acknowledge the use of its military communication service, Starshield. The UK Ministry of Defence possesses approximately 1,000 Starshield terminals and 500 Starlink terminals, with the Starshield project costing around £13 million ($17.6 million) and the Starlink project costing £16.5 million. SpaceX's latest quarterly performance shows that the U.S. government has awarded over $6 billion in multi-year Starshield contracts.

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