Elon Musk says Ukraine’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service
Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink’s terms of service before the recent slowdown, as reported earlier by Ars Technica. According to Musk, “Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week,” however Ukrainian officials have denied that happened, or that it is actually possible for them to do.
埃隆·马斯克声称，在近期服务放缓之前，乌克兰违反了星链（Starlink）的服务条款，正如 Ars Technica 此前报道的那样。马斯克表示：“乌克兰军方违反了星链的服务条款，并将其用于进攻性无人机打击以杀伤人员。该漏洞已于上周被封堵。”然而，乌克兰官员否认了这一说法，并称他们实际上无法做到这一点。
The statement comes nearly two weeks after Ukrainian officials accused SpaceX of putting limits on the military’s satellite internet service that disrupted its drone missions and operations. As reported by Axios, Ukraine uses Starlink for communications, logistics, and to defend against incoming drones. For offensive missions, officials say that Ukraine uses Starshield, the US military-controlled variant of Starlink.
这一声明发布于乌克兰官员指责 SpaceX 对其军用卫星互联网服务施加限制，导致无人机任务和行动受阻近两周之后。据 Axios 报道，乌克兰使用星链进行通信、后勤保障以及防御来袭无人机。官员们表示，对于进攻性任务，乌克兰使用的是由美国军方控制的星链变体——“星盾”（Starshield）。
Musk points to a post from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which said Ukraine uses “Starlink from mid-range strikes against enemy military targets,” in violation of Starlink’s policies. However, Serhii Beskrestnov, a defense technology advisor for Zelenskyy, pushed back on this in a post on Telegram, saying Starlink’s systems can only connect to devices traveling between 70 and 90 kilometers per hour (around 43 and 55 miles per hour) and don’t work in Russia. “Therefore, we physically cannot use commercial Starlink for deep strikes or medium-range strikes,” Beskrestnov wrote.
马斯克指出乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基曾发布过一条帖子，称乌克兰使用“星链进行针对敌方军事目标的中程打击”，这违反了星链的政策。然而，泽连斯基的国防技术顾问谢尔希·贝克雷斯特诺夫（Serhii Beskrestnov）在 Telegram 上发文反驳称，星链系统只能连接时速在 70 到 90 公里（约 43 到 55 英里）之间的设备，且在俄罗斯境内无法使用。“因此，我们在物理上无法使用商业星链进行深度打击或中程打击，”贝克雷斯特诺夫写道。
Ars Technica also points out a tweet from another former Ukrainian advisor, Serhii Sternenko, that went into more detail, saying that while stationary terminals could be registered (with Starlink) by military personnel or civilians, “for any satellite terminal to work while on the move, it had to be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system… In other words, using civilian Starlink for drone missions was technically impossible. All drone missions that required satellite communication could only be carried out using Starshield.”
Ars Technica 还指出，另一位乌克兰前顾问谢尔希·斯特年科（Serhii Sternenko）的一条推文提供了更多细节。他表示，虽然军事人员或平民可以注册（星链）固定终端，但“任何卫星终端若要在移动中使用，都必须被加入特殊名单并连接到军用的‘星盾’系统……换句话说，使用民用星链执行无人机任务在技术上是不可能的。所有需要卫星通信的无人机任务只能通过‘星盾’来执行。”
Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Starlink and Starshield services had been fully restored. With the restriction lifted, Ukraine’s military can now connect to devices traveling at speeds of more than 400km/h (248mph), the Kyiv Independent reports.
据《基辅独立报》报道，泽连斯基周六表示，星链和“星盾”服务已完全恢复。随着限制解除，乌克兰军方现在可以连接时速超过 400 公里（248 英里）的设备。
Though Musk initially offloaded the blame for the slowdown in Ukraine onto the US government, President Donald Trump responded by saying he “wasn’t involved” and didn’t know who throttled SpaceX’s services. A report from The Wall Street Journal later said Trump asked Musk to lift restrictions on Ukraine.
尽管马斯克最初将乌克兰服务放缓的责任推给美国政府，但唐纳德·特朗普总统回应称他“并未参与”，也不知道是谁限制了 SpaceX 的服务。《华尔街日报》随后的一篇报道称，特朗普曾要求马斯克解除对乌克兰的限制。