Starlink outage disrupts US Navy drone tests; Ukraine plans own satellite force (heise.de)

• Starlink outage in August 2025 disabled 24 US Navy drones for nearly one hour.
• Ukraine successfully tested aircraft-launched rockets for satellite deployment.
• Ukraine's space force expected operational in 3–5 years; hundreds of satellites needed to replace Starlink.

"A Starlink outage in August 2025 disabled two dozen US Navy drones for nearly an hour. Internal documents reveal the Navy's reliance on Starlink caused connectivity failures during tests in April and summer 2025. Meanwhile, Ukraine's parliament revealed plans for a national space force with 8–10 satellites launched from aircraft. Two test launches reached altitudes of 100 km and 240 km."