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SpaceX Refutes Claim It’s Withholding Starshield in Taiwan


(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. said Monday that it’s “in full compliance with all of its US government contracts” in response to a letter from a member of Congress alleging that SpaceX was withholding its Starshield Internet service in Taiwan.

Astronauts on SpaceX's Crew Dragon will be the first to fly on an American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station on their mission scheduled for April 2019. (Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. said Monday that it’s “in full compliance with all of its US government contracts” in response to a letter from a member of Congress alleging that SpaceX was withholding its Starshield Internet service in Taiwan. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to Musk on Feb. 24 concerning Starshield, which provides the US government with a secure satellite network.

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