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The Jakarta Post HEADLINES MONDAY March 18, 2024 3
SpaceX building spy system for US intel: Sources
New satellite network contract with NRO to allow continuous imagery from anywhere in world
Joey Roulette supporting ground forces. satellites would come online and and reconnaissance system the
and Marisa Taylor If successful, the sources said could not establish what other world has ever seen,” a spokesper-
the program would significantly companies are part of the program son said.
Reuters/Washington advance the ability of the US gov- with their own contracts. The satellites can track targets
SpaceX is building a network of ernment and military to quickly SpaceX, the world’s largest sat- on the ground and share that data
hundreds of spy satellites under spot potential targets almost any- ellite operator, did not respond with US intelligence and military
a classified contract with a Unit- where on the globe. to several requests for comment officials, the sources said. In prin-
ed States intelligence agency, five The contract signals growing about the contract, its role in it ciple, that would enable the US
sources familiar with the program trust by the intelligence establish- and details on satellite launches. government to quickly capture
said, demonstrating deepening ment of a company whose owner The Pentagon referred a request continuous imagery of activities
ties between billionaire entrepre- has clashed with the Biden admin- for comment to the NRO and on the ground nearly anywhere on
neur Elon Musk’s space company istration and sparked controversy SpaceX. the globe, aiding intelligence and
and national security agencies. over the use of Starlink satellite In a statement the NRO ac- military operations, they added.
The network is being built by connectivity in the Ukraine war, knowledged its mission to devel- Roughly a dozen proto-
SpaceX’s Starshield business unit the sources said. op a sophisticated satellite system types have been launched since
under a US$1.8 billion contract The Wall Street Journal report- and its partnerships with other 2020, among other satellites on
signed in 2021 with the National ed in February the existence of a government agencies, companies, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets, three of
Reconnaissance Office (NRO), an $1.8 billion classified Starshield AFP/Brandon Bell research institutions and nations, the sources said.
intelligence agency that manages contract with an unknown intel- Overhead view: The Starship 3 rocket stands behind a group of peo- but declined to comment on Re- A US government database
spy satellites, the sources said. ligence agency without detailing ple sitting in lounge chairs on Boca Chica Beach in Texas, the United uters’ findings about the extent of of objects in orbit shows several
The plans show the extent of the purposes of the program. States, on March 13, the day before its third test flight from SpaceX’s SpaceX’s involvement in the ef- SpaceX missions having deployed
SpaceX’s involvement in US intel- Reuters reporting discloses for Starbase facility in Brownsville. fort. satellites that neither the compa-
ligence and military projects and the first time that the SpaceX con- “The National Reconnaissance ny nor the government have ever
illustrate a deeper Pentagon in- tract is for a powerful new spy sys- ties that can operate as a swarm in with is the NRO. Office is developing the most ca- acknowledged. Two sources con-
vestment into vast, low-Earth or- tem with hundreds of satellites low orbits, and that the spy agency Reuters was unable to deter- pable, diverse and resilient space- firmed those to be prototypes for
biting satellite systems aimed at bearing Earth-imaging capabili- that Musk’s company is working mine when the new network of based intelligence, surveillance the Starshield network.
Protest call as Russian vote
to confirm Putin wraps up
Agence France-Presse two candidates who opposed
the conflict in Ukraine.
Moscow The Kremlin has cast the
Kremlin critics called for mas- election as an opportunity for
sive protests at Russian polling Russians to show they are be-
stations on Sunday for the final hind the assault on Ukraine,
day of a presidential election where voting is also being
that is guaranteed to cement staged in Russian-held areas.
Vladimir Putin’s hard-line rule. In a preelection address on
The three-day vote has al- Thursday, Putin said Russia
ready been marred by a surge in was going through a “difficult
fatal Ukrainian bombardments period”.
and a series of incursions into “We need to continue to be
Russian territory by pro-Ukrai- united and self-confident,” he
nian sabotage groups. said, describing the election as
There have also been acts of a way for Russians to demon-
protest in the first days of poll- strate their “patriotic feelings”.
ing, with a spate of arrests of The voting will wrap up in
Russians accused of pouring Kaliningrad, Russia’s western-
dye into ballot boxes or arson most time zone, at 18:00 GMT
attacks. and an exit poll is expected to
Before his death in an Arctic be announced shortly after that.
prison last month, opposition A concert on Red Square is
leader Alexei Navalny, who gal- being staged on Monday to
vanized mass anti-Putin ral- mark 10 years since Russia’s
lies, urged Russians to protest annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea
on Sunday. peninsula—an event that is
His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, also expected to serve as a vic-
has reiterated his call in the tory celebration for Putin.
run-up to the election and said
protesters should show up in ‘No validity’
large numbers at the same time Ukraine has repeatedly de-
to overwhelm polling stations. nounced the elections as il-
She called for protestors to legitimate and a “farce”, and
spoil ballots by writing “Naval- its foreign ministry has urged
ny” on them, or vote for candi- Western allies not to recognize
dates other than Putin. the result.
Any public dissent in Rus- United Nations Secretary-
sia has been harshly punished General Antonio Guterres, as
since the start of Moscow’s of- well as more than 50 member
fensive in Ukraine on Feb. 24, states, have slammed Moscow
2022, and there have been re- for holding the vote in parts of
peated warnings from the au- Ukraine, with Guterres saying
thorities against election pro- that the “attempted illegal an-
tests. nexation” of those regions has
The Russian opposition has “no validity” under interna-
called on people to head to the tional law.
polls in what they hope will be Ahead of the election, Rus-
a legal show of strength against sian state media has played up
Putin. recent gains on the front and
A Moscow resident in his portrayed the conflict as a fight
twenties told AFP he would take for survival against attacks
part in the protest in the capi- from the West.
tal, “just to see young support- Moscow has sought to press
ive faces around [...] feel some its advantage on the front line
support around me, and see the as divisions over Western mil-
light in this dark tunnel.” itary support for Ukraine have
The man, who declined to led to ammunition shortages,
give his name for security rea- although Kyiv says it has man-
sons, said he hoped the dem- aged to stop the Russian ad-
onstration would show the au- vance for now.
thorities “that there are people In Ukraine, a Russian mis-
in this country against the con- sile strike on the Black Sea
flict... against the regime.” port city of Odessa on Friday
killed 21 people including res-
‘Difficult period’ cue workers responding to an
The 71-year-old Putin, a initial hit—an attack President
former KGB agent, has been Volodymyr Zelensky described
in power since the last day of as “vile”.
1999 and is set to extend his On the Russian side, the
grip over the country until at army has reported repeated
least 2030. attempts by Ukrainian sabo-
If he completes another tage groups to cross into Russia
Kremlin term, he would have and the local governor in Bel-
stayed in power longer than gorod region on Saturday de-
any Russian leader since Cath- creed that shopping malls and
erine the Great in the 18th cen- schools would be shut for two
tury. days in the main city Belgorod
He is running without any and the surrounding district
real opponents, having barred following recent strikes.
Reuters/Vladislav Nekrasov
Elephantine decision: A man exits a polling booth located
near a mammoth skeleton at Novosibirsk State University in
the Siberian capital on Sunday, the final day of Russia’s presi-
dential election.
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