White House paid nearly $1.2 million for Starlink services, Washington Post reports
The Washington Post reports the White House paid nearly $1.2 million for Starlink, despite saying the service was free.
The White House paid nearly $1.2 million for Starlink satellite internet services, The Washington Post reported, even though US officials had said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk provided them free of charge.
According to contract documents reviewed by the newspaper, the US government agreed to pay SpaceX, starting in March 2025, to connect and maintain the network for the White House Communications Agency.
It remains unclear whether the payments covered services that the administration said had been provided free of charge. A White House representative earlier told The New York Times that Musk had donated Starlink services to the White House complex.
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