Ukraine Crisis Driving Huge Boom in Starlink App Downloads

Ukraine accounts for 26% of the 2022 downloads of SpaceX's Starlink app, intelligence firm 42Matters said Thursday. The app is used to help Starlink position its receivers. Ukrainians downloaded the app 90,878 times Feb. 21 to March 15, it said. Russia invaded Ukraine Feb. 24. Before then, downloads had averaged closer to 1,000 to 2,000 daily, only to surge to a peak of more than 17,000 March 6, it said.