SpaceX has made Starlink available in emergency situations on several occasions, most recently in Maui. Some other instances include Ukraine, Tonga and Iran.
At the beginning of 2022, Tonga faced severe impacts to its internet connection from damages caused by aA team employed by SpaceX went to nearby Fiji, where the country’s then-attorney general said in early February 2022 tweet that they were "establishing a Starlink Gateway station to reconnect Tonga to the world." For villages stranded without the internet, the company also provided Starlink terminals to Tonga, FOX Business previously reported.
At the time, many citizens in the country had their internet access cut off by the Iranian government amid widespread protests. Those protests began after the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. Musk posted on X in late December that the number of live Starlink terminals in Iran was approaching 100.
The company apparently made changes to the positioning of its satellites to facilitate Starlink internet access in portions of the state. DeSantis, speaking during an Oct. 1 press conference, also said the state would see 120 kits from SpaceX arrive in a short timeframe to use.
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