The SpaceX founder said on Wednesday night that the rocket company would provide the terminals to areas hit by the huge wildfires.
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GiantwildfireshaveplungedLAintochaosinrecentdays.ApuGomes/GettyImages
ElonMusksaidSpaceXwilldonatefreeStarlinkterminalstoareasofLAhitbymassivewildfires.Thecityisbattlingaseriesofhugefireswhichhaveforcedover100,000residentstoevacuate.StarlinkhaspreviouslybeenusedafternaturaldisasterslikeHurricaneHelene,andinconflictzones.ElonMusksayshewilldonatefreeStarlinkterminalstoLosAngelesasthecityfightsaseriesofdevastatingwildfires.
TheSpaceXfoundersaidonWednesdaynightthattherocketcompanywouldprovidetheterminalstoareashitbythehugewildfires,whichhaveforced100,000peopletoevacuateandplungedtheregionintochaosoverthepastfewdays.
“SpaceXwillprovidefreeStarlinkterminalstoaffectedareasinLAtomorrowmorning,”thebillionairewroteinapostonX.
SpaceX’sStarlinkserviceprovidesinternetusinganetworkofthousandsoflow-orbitsatellites.
Thetechnologyisdesignedtoofferconnectivityinruralareas
