Elon Musk says SpaceX using Starlink to aid Maui wildfire recovery

Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that two companies he founded, SpaceX and Tesla, are contributing to relief efforts in Hawaii following the deadly wildfires that devastated Maui and the town of Lahaina.

Musk said in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that the two companies are “doing our best to be helpful to Hawaii” – including through the deployment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to help restore internet connectivity to the beleaguered