Entrepreneur-investor Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an admirer of billionaire Elon Musk. The Paytm founder was amazed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s rapid response in assisting war-torn Ukraine in the midst of Russia’s invasion.
Shekhar Sharma informed his 551.7K Twitter followers, after sharing Elon Musk’s message, that everything at Starlink is essentially a software configuration’ that is done in real-time. According to Shekhar Sharma, Musk’s attempts to assist the nation in need would bring “attention and appreciation” to space and satellite-enabled living.
“What a marvellous system it is,” he said, praising the function and process of Musk’s SpaceX.
Too good. Remember, everything is a software configuration and done in real time.
What a marvellous system it is!
All this is definitely going to bring attention and appreciation to space / satellite enabled life. https://t.co/O6ugskk5Ab— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) March 3, 2022
As promised, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arranged for a truckload of Starlink user terminals to be delivered to Ukraine on Thursday. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service covers the vast majority of the planet.
Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov thanked Musk and SpaceX in a tweet that included a photo of the terminals. “Starlink keeps our cities connected and emergency services save lives!” he wrote.
Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation also requested assistance with generators in order to maintain Starlinks and other life-saving services operational. To which the world’s richest man promptly responded that he was changing the software to lower peak power usage so that Starlink could be fueled by a 12V automobile cigarette lighter.
He also provided mobile roaming, which allows the “phased array antenna to sustain signal when on moving vehicle.”
@elonmusk @SpaceX @SpaceXStarlink many thx! Starlink keeps our cities connected and emergency services saving lives!
With Russian attacks on our infra, we need generators to keep Starlinks & life-saving services online – ideas? @Honda @ChampionGen @westinghouse @DuroMaxPower pic.twitter.com/FkUZ6s08AO
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 2, 2022
In another tweet, the billionaire suggested that solar panels and battery packs be used instead of generators since they are more efficient and do not run out of fuel.
