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What Is Starshield, SpaceX's Military Version of Starlink, and Why Is It So Important to Ukraine?

Ukrainian forces said its battlefield efforts were temporarily hampered after losing some access to SpaceX’s military-grade satellite Internet service. Experts tell TIME why Starshield is so uniquely important on the Ukrainian battlefield.

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