SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users are impressed

Re:SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users a... by runako on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:33AM (#25108768)

(I'm definitely not very knowledgable about any of this, naive questions incoming.)

> 3.8 meter ku band dual linear polarity compact cassegrain dish > a 5.5m dish

Are these receiver sizes in the range of what Starlink expects from users? I had in mind something more like a DirectTV dish. If the consumer dish sizes are indeed smaller, how does that affect the discussion about jitter and other aspects of link quality?

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Re:SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users a... by walrus01 on Monday November 16, 2020 @01:56AM (#25108906)

No not at all, I was referring to the size of equipment seen in Afghanistan for dedicated geostationary links to military facilities.

The starlink cpe is indeed in the category of directv dish sized.

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Re:SpaceX Starlink has some hiccups as expected, but users a... by runako on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:03AM (#25111712)

How does that affect the discussion about jitter and other aspects of link quality?

With only a tiny bit of the relevant subjects under my belt, I would expect the metrics to be significantly worse using a much smaller dish. But it seems like you're suggesting Starlink could achieve similar metrics on a smaller dish? I'm curious how that works. Apologies if I'm misunderstanding.

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