Starlink Ground Facility Sabotaged in Poland. Officials Suspect Russia
A ground facility supporting Starlink’s satellite internet service in Europe was "sabotaged" on Wednesday evening, according to Polish authorities. Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs tweeted about the incident, which involved Starlink "Gateway" stations near Warsaw that SpaceX uses to transmit data to and from orbiting satellites and relay broadband to customers. The generator was also damaged.”Another local outlet, TVN24, reports that fire crews extinguished the blaze, which was traced to a “power supply box.” Still, the station was shut down due to damage.
- ▪A ground facility supporting Starlink’s satellite internet service in Europe was "sabotaged" on Wednesday evening, according to Polish authorities.
- ▪Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs tweeted about the incident, which involved Starlink "Gateway" stations near Warsaw that SpaceX uses to transmit data to and from orbiting satellites and relay broadband to customers.
- ▪The generator was also damaged.”Another local outlet, TVN24, reports that fire crews extinguished the blaze, which was traced to a “power supply box.” Still, the station was shut down due to damage.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 5 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Starlink ground station in Poland hit by fire in suspected arson attack — Notes From Poland
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A ground facility supporting Starlink’s satellite internet service in Europe was "sabotaged" on Wednesday evening, according to Polish authorities. Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs tweeted about the incident, which involved Starlink "Gateway" stations near Warsaw that SpaceX uses to transmit data to and from orbiting satellites and relay broadband to customers. Hence, destroying or damaging the station could lead to outages and slower speeds for users in the country and neighboring Ukraine.“On Wednesday evening, a fire broke out at the ground-based station of the Starlink satellite system near Grójec in Masovia,” Poland’s Digital Minister, Krzysztof Gawkowski, told local state broadcaster TVP Info.
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