SpaceX Starlink App Tops the Download Charts in Ukraine

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SpaceX Starlink App Tops the Download Charts in Ukraine
16 Mar 2022
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Downloads of the SpaceX Starlink app has surged in Ukraine after CEO Elon Musk sent a shipment of its satellite internet terminals to the country. Starlink was the most-downloaded free app on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store with almost 21,000 downloads in a day. Sensor Tower, an analytics firm said that most downloads came from Ukraine. 

Musk sent a Starlink terminal to Ukraine after Ukraine's vice-Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked him to do so. Ukraine was facing disruption in its internet services after Russia invaded the country.

According to Sensor Tower, the Starlink app has been installed in Ukraine about 76,000 times since the first shipment of Starlink devices arrived two weeks ago, 280% more than in the last two weeks.

According to Sensor Tower, the Starlink app has been installed in Ukraine about 76,000 times since the first shipment of Starlink devices arrived two weeks ago, 280% more than in the last two weeks.

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