[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-ukraine-says-starlink-speed-cap-remains-despite-trump-outreach":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},12297,"ukraine-says-starlink-speed-cap-remains-despite-trump-outreach","Ukraine Says Starlink Speed Cap Remains Despite Trump Outreach","Trump says he told Musk to lift the Starshield cap, but Ukraine reports it still applies; the source doesn't say what the limit is.","Ukraine says a speed cap on military-grade Starshield terminals is still in force, even though President Trump says he told SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lift it.\n\nThe two accounts are the whole story so far. Trump says he instructed Musk to remove the restriction. Ukraine reports that the cap, which is measured in miles per hour, has not changed. The source gives no figure for the limit, no date for Trump's conversation with Musk, and no named Ukrainian official.\n\nStarshield is SpaceX's military-oriented version of its Starlink satellite internet service. A cap expressed in miles per hour most likely limits how fast a terminal can move while staying connected, not how fast data flows. That would matter for terminals mounted on vehicles or drones, though the source does not spell out which uses are affected.\n\nThe gap between the claims shows where the control sits. Starlink has carried Ukrainian military communications since 2022, and SpaceX, a private company, sets the terms. Musk has previously acknowledged declining a request to enable the service near Crimea in 2022. A presidential instruction is not a configuration change, and the cap can only come off when SpaceX changes it.\n\nBoth accounts could be accurate if Musk simply has not acted yet. The open question is who flips the setting and on what timeline, and the source names neither.","[\"starlink\",\"starshield\",\"ukraine\",\"spacex\"]","2026-10-23T15:42:26.000Z","2026-10-23T17:26:13.783Z","2026-10-23T17:26:15.997Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the misattribution that Trump's own account says the request changed nothing (only Ukraine reports the cap remains), cut the unsupported inference that the cap limits equipment speed rather than data throughput along with the broader vendor-control claims, and keep the piece to what the source supports (Trump says he told Musk, Ukraine says the Starshield mph cap remains, and the limit and timing are unknown), adding verifiable context only if it can be sourced.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The draft now sticks to what the source supports, but it states 'As of October 23', a date that appears nowhere in the source, so remove it or tie it to a sourced date; also soften the dek's claim that the figure and timing 'remain unpublished' to 'the source doesn't say', and cut the padding about request versus outcome so the piece isn't just a restatement of one sentence.","policy",[36,37,38,39],"starlink","starshield","ukraine","spacex",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"PCMag","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcmag.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdespite-trump-outreach-to-musk-starlink-speeds-still-restricted-in-ukraine",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,57,61,66,71,75,80,85,90,95,100,105,110],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",7075,"2026-10-23T19:32:39.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",1063,"2026-10-23T19:41:05.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":34,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Policy",581,"2026-10-23T16:58:39.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals","deals",569,"2026-10-23T14:43:38.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",293,"2026-10-23T18:42:54.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":69,"latest_published_at":74},"Hardware","hardware","2026-10-23T17:42:31.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Science","science",217,"2026-10-23T16:13:16.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Startups","startups",148,"2026-10-23T16:26:29.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Software","software",143,"2026-10-23T19:28:10.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",122,"2026-10-21T16:00:00.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"General","general",101,"2026-10-23T18:46:30.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Gaming","gaming",88,"2026-10-22T22:25:33.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":111,"slug":112,"count":113,"latest_published_at":114},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]