5 days ago · However, only one of those contracts was awarded directly to SpaceX, Starlink's parent company, and USAID itself appears to have actually spent $484,603.9 0 on Starlink products to date, as of ...

Feb 6, 2025 · USAID was investigating its relationship with Starlink just months before tech billionaire Elon Musk attempted to shut the agency down, according to reports.

May 14, 2024 · The USAID Office of Inspector General, Inspections and Evaluations Division, is initiating an inspection of USAID’s oversight of Starlink satellite terminals provided to the Government of Ukraine.

Feb 3, 2025 · Over the last four years, the U.S. government’s humanitarian and development arm has spent as much as $500,000 and signed contracts worth up to $1 million for SpaceX’s Starlink terminals, federal...

4 days ago · Elon Musk’s Starlink has received at least $1 million from USAID over the past four years, yet Musk is now leading the charge to shut down the agency, a report by Forbes revealed. The move, backed by US President Donald Trump, has frozen billions in international aid and raised questions about the future of USAID-funded Starlink contracts, which have helped provide internet access in war ...

Feb 5, 2025 · The Lever reported Tuesday that USAID’s inspector general was in the process of investigating its own public-private partnership between Musk’s Starlink and the Ukrainian government at the time...

3 days ago · Also, publicly available data indicates that USAID has spent $484,604 on Starlink products through third party contractors. Now, the spending included $942,590.60 to Standard-Blazar which is a third party contractor for a Starlink procurement and $33,902.40 to CounterTrade Products for Starlink kits and subscriptions, some of which actually came from the countries Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Feb 3, 2025 · Forbes reported on Monday that USAID spent up to $1 million on SpaceX’s Starlink terminals over the last four years, according to federal contract records, and brought the satellite terminals to ...

Feb 6, 2025 · According to reporting by The Lever, USAID’s inspector general was simultaneously conducting an internal investigation into a public-private partnership between Musk’s Starlink and the Ukrainian government at the time of DOGE’s aggressive targeting of the agency.

USAID and SpaceX worked together to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, and provided internet to multiple African countries.