Kevin Karhan 
@jt_rebelo @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff I'd call #Ukraine "criminally incompetent" if they didn't already leverage domestic #Fiber & #GSM networks as well as procuring entire transponders for exclusive use.
I couldn't confirm X-Band use with either #XTAR or #BwSATCOM-2 simply because I have neither teleport access nor matching LNBs/BUCs ready, but existing press releases by @Bundesregierung & @AuswaertigesAmt hint that Ukraine has been upgraded to #NATO #Link22 capabilities.
Existing #SIGINT & purchases show huge amounts of COTS #KuBand & #KaBand and even #Cband-Equipment being used since 2022, which use higher-ping #GSO|s but are easier to decoy and protect against #ElectronicWarfare and #Sabotage (just by shoving the dish into a partially buried sewage pipe, making it look like a ghettohacked Copy of #BARS, the Soviet-Era #Troposcatter CnC Radio...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114048983272826079
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] as for #ITsec amd the whole #Starlink #Network: It basically uses a homegrown mix of #DOCSIS, #GSM and #ViaSat #SurfBeam technologies to generate these hexagon coverage areas. - Certainly not trivial, but not impossible to #BlueBox, tho unless one needs #FPS-grade #Ping|s, it's not worth the effort when other Options like #KaSAT are easier and cheaper to get hold of... https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114048966406486263