SpaceX reprioritized to cyber defense and overcoming signal jamming
The satellite part of the Starlink system is practically invulnerable to physical attack because there are so many satellites in different orbits. Hitting them all would require a prohibitively large number of rocket launches. Not to mention that attacking US satellites would probably be an act of war.<p>The best way to attack the system might be to hack the user terminals, which Russia apparently already did to Viasat terminals located in Ukraine at the start of the invasion.<p>SpaceX is now in direct opposition to the Russian military and is going to be attacked just as Viasat was. They need to especially make sure that the command and control systems for the satellites are bulletproof.<p>I wonder if existing anti radiation missiles would be able to lock onto Starlink user terminals. If not, I expect that feature will be developed soon. It&#x27;s well known that the US military has been investigating using Starlink so I&#x27;m sure other militaries have been thinking about countermeasures.