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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by growlist on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:42AM (#23415323)
> They are about the size of an extra-large pizza, so you won't be able to get a Starlink phone.

I'll be surprised if this doesn't shrink. I worked for a company in the mid-2000s that had some pretty cool IP which effectively shrank a briefcase-sized BGAN terminal down to a Pocket PC (pre iPhone days!) with Pocket PC-sized antenna strapped on the back.

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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by shaklee3 on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:08AM (#23425272)
People have worked on phased arrays for decades. It's not going to shrink much, and I don't think it'll be any less expensive.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by cududa on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:58AM (#23429988)
People have worked on vehicles to get us to space for decades. It's not going to shrink much, and I don't think it'll be any less expensive. ... enter SpaceX
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by shaklee3 on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:14PM (#23430179)
Except Elon just admitted this:

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-sa...

The satellites were never the challenging part; cross-links and the user terminal were always the most difficult pieces.

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