WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House earlier this month directed the Defense Department and NASA to gather details on billions of dollars in SpaceX contracts following the public blowout between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, four people familiar with the order told Reuters.

Republicans are less enthusiastic about Musk after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds.

Starlink, the satellite communications subsidiary of SpaceX, has been indispensable to Ukraine’s war effort, enabling secure communications, drone operations and artillery co-ordination.

Amazon's Project Kuiper intends to one day provide high-speed internet to customers around the world with more than 80 planned launches to deploy more than 3,200 satellites.