SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
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#3I was surprised to see this, because I thought a previous FCC regulatory decision limited Starlink terminals to being operational only when stationary.
Some Googling revealed that the FCC reversed this in June of 2022.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/30/23190463/spacex-starlink-...
Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#4A friend has regular "RV" starlink, and uses it all the time in motion strapped on top of his spare tire on the rear tailgate of his SUV. It works flawlessly.... except he's done a TON of off road driving on bad corrugations, which eventually killed it - I guess the internal motors are not designed for those kind of vibrations.
SpaceX sent him a new dish free of charge.
Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#5I was surprised to see this, because I thought a previous FCC regulatory decision limited Starlink terminals to being operational only when stationary. Some Googling revealed that the FCC reversed this in June of 2022. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/30/23190463/spacex-starlink-...
I think SpaceX simply had never previously asked the FCC to authorize it. Not really a reversal of any particular opinionated stance.
Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#6This press release seems pretty light on information. This could be a phased array antenna according to this review (which seems to be focused on airplane-mounted devices):
https://www.bcsatellite.net/blog/flat-panel-antennas-state-o...
> "Currently the most popular alternative to Gimbal antennas are Phased Array Antenna flat panel antennas, which are composed of many radiating elements that can be thought of as numerous, tiny, fixed antennas. Each one has a phase shifter which forms beams by shifting the phase of the signal emitted from each of the radiating elements (tiny antennas). This provides a constructive/destructive interference which may be used to steer the beam(s) in a particular direction. This entire process is all electric, so the beam direction can be controlled and pointed instantaneously in any direction. It is able to track the movement of a satellite in the sky, regardless of the movement of the car, boat, airplane, or train."
Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#7I was surprised to see this, because I thought a previous FCC regulatory decision limited Starlink terminals to being operational only when stationary. Some Googling revealed that the FCC reversed this in June of 2022. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/30/23190463/spacex-starlink-...
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Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#8This press release seems pretty light on information. This could be a phased array antenna according to this review (which seems to be focused on airplane-mounted devices): https://www.bcsatellite.net/blog/flat-panel-antennas-state-o... > "Currently the most popular alternative to Gimbal antennas are Phased Array Antenna flat panel antennas, which are composed of many radiating elements that can be thought of as nume…
The current Starlink antenna is phased-array.
Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#9I was surprised to see this, because I thought a previous FCC regulatory decision limited Starlink terminals to being operational only when stationary. Some Googling revealed that the FCC reversed this in June of 2022. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/30/23190463/spacex-starlink-...
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From what I read, Musk doesn't want your money for SpaceX/Starlink precisely because he doesn't want the funds of the company to be chained to a public perception war that distracts him from running the company, like happened with Tesla during the doubtful years when half of the market was betting against him. Why take public funding when you can reap all the revenue directly?
Re: SpaceX launches Starlink ‘flat high-performance’ dish for moving vehicles
#10I was surprised to see this, because I thought a previous FCC regulatory decision limited Starlink terminals to being operational only when stationary. Some Googling revealed that the FCC reversed this in June of 2022. https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/30/23190463/spacex-starlink-...
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It sounds like you're upset that you're not considered an accredited investor - but even if you were, it's not like SpaceX would just give you some shares if you gave them $10M.