Taiwan is looking for investors to help it build its own satellite internet system similar to the Starlink system that played a major role during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This should help him defend against a possible Chinese attack, according to the Financial Times, citing its own sources..

Negotiations are underway with several local and international investors to fund a project by the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) to develop the existing satellite constellation, according to three people familiar with the situation..

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“We are looking at the Russian invasion of Ukraine and how Starlink has been used very successfully.. Our main concern is… social sustainability, for example, so that journalists can broadcast videos… to international viewers even during a large-scale disaster,” said Audrey Tan, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Technology..

She also added that this system will support telephone and videoconferencing..

Tang says it will take several years to launch the TASA project.. Until then, the ministry is experimenting with non-geostationary satellite receivers at 700 locations across Taiwan to guarantee capacity in the event of war or natural disasters..

Among the investors approached by Taiwan is Draper Associates, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that was the first investor in SpaceX and Tesla..

Recall that in September, Musk sent a letter to the Pentagon, in which he said that he could not continue to provide services to Ukraine “free of charge”..

According to Musk's calculations, SpaceX spent $80 million on the supply and maintenance of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, and by the end of the year, the company's expenses should have exceeded $100 million..

But already on October 24, the businessman announced that Starlink would continue to work in Ukraine. In turn, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the company provides only part of the terminals for free, the rest is paid by Ukraine.

Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said that Ukraine trusts the Starlink satellite communications system, but hopes to find additional Internet providers.