Two weeks before Starlink’s speed cap hit Ukraine’s drones, a Ukrainian test satellite went up on a SpaceX rocket

Originally published at: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/28/two-weeks-before-starlinks-speed-cap-hit-ukraines-drones-a-ukrainian-test-satellite-went-up-on-a-spacex-rocket/

The companies say it will serve Ukraine’s strategic security. Public launch records list one Ukrainian satellite from that launch, and it has a different name, though dozens of the launch’s payloads are still unidentified.